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Dryden, John (1631 - 1700)

Index to poems

  1. Absalom and Achitophel
  2. Absalom and Achitophel: The Second Part
  3. Alexander's Feast
  4. Calm was the even, and clear was the sky
  5. Fair Iris I Love and Hourly I Die
  6. From Troilus and Cressida
  7. The Hind and the Panther: Part I
  8. Mac Flecknoe
  9. Marriage a-la-Mode
  10. Religio Laici
  11. The Secular Masque
  12. A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687
  13. A Song from the Italian from Limberham: or, the Kind Keeper
  14. Song to a Fair Young Lady Going out of Town in the Spring
  15. The Third Satire of Juvenal
  16. To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve on his Comedy Call'd the Double Dealer
  17. To my Honor'd Friend, Dr. Charleton
  18. To the Memory of Mr. Oldham
  19. To the Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew
  20. Veni, Creator Spiritus
  21. You charm'd me not with that fair face
  22. Your Hay it is Mow'd, and Your Corn is Reaped
Biography: 

The texts used are based on Douglas Grant's Reynard Library edition (Hart-Davis, 1952). The specific edition used by Professor Grant is given for each work here. The spelling has been modernized, but not the punctuation. Note that the punctuation is generally rhetorical rather than syntactical.

Given Name: 
John
Family Name: 
Dryden
Birth Date: 
August 9, 1631
Death Date: 
May 1, 1700
Nationality: 
English
Family Relations: 
father : Erasmus Dryden
mother : Mary Dryden
wife : Lady Elizabeth Dryden (from 1 Dec. 1663)
son : Charles Dryden
son : John Dryden
son : Erasmus Henry Dryden

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English
Greek
Latin

Religion

Honours

Literary Period: 
Restoration
Literary Movement: 
Unknown
Cause of Death: 
Gout
Buried At: 
Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey
First RPO Edition: 
1994-1997