Meleager and Atalanta

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XI
4. Illustrations XIII
5. Poems 1697-1699
6. Alexander's Feast; or the Power of Musique. An Ode, In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day 3
7. To Mr. Granville, on his Excellent Tragedy, call'd Heroick Love 10
8. To my Friend, the Author [Peter Motteux] 12
9. Fables
10. To His Grace the Duke of Ormond 17
11. Preface 24
12. To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond 48
13. Palamon andArcite: or, The Knight's Tale From Chaucer. In Three Books 55
14. BOOK I. 55
15. BOOK II. 89
16. BOOK III. 129
17. To My Honour'd Kinsman, John Driden, of Chesterton in the County of Huntingdon, Esquire 196
18. Meleager and Atalanta, Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses 203
19. Sigismonda and Guiscardo, from Boccace 216
20. Baucis and Philemon, Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses 238
21. Pygmalion and the Statue, Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses 244
22. Cinyras and Myrrha, Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses 248
23. The First Book of Homer's Ilias 260
24. The Cock and the Fox; Or, The Tale of the Nun's Priest 287
25. Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace 336
26. Ceyx and Alcyone, Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses 349
27. The Flower and the Leaf; Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision 365
28. The Twelfth Book of Ovid his Metamorphoses, Wholly Translated 406
29. The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, From Ovid's Metamorphoses Book XIII 432
30. The Wife of Bath Her Tale 451
31. Of the Pythagorean Philosophy From Ovid's Metamorphoses Book XV 484
32. The Character of a Good Parson; Imitated from Chaucer, and Inlarg'd 506
33. The Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, Who dy'd at Bath, and is there Interr'd 511
34. Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace 513
35. Posthumous Pieces and Miscellany From Covent Garden Drollery, 1672
36. Prologue to Julius Caesar 535
37. Epitaphs 537
38. Impromptus 542
39. The Fair Stranger 543
40. On the Death of Amyntas: A Pastoral Elegy 544
41. A Song (“Fair, sweet and young”) 547
42. Æsacus Transformed into a Cormorant 548
43. Commentary
44. List of Abbreviated References 553
45. Poems 1697-1699 555
46. Fables Ancient and Modern 572
47. Dedication 606
48. Preface 611
49. To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond 629
50. Palamon and Arcite 635
51. To My Honour'd Kinsman, John Driden 657
52. Meleager and Atalanta 670
53. Sigismondo, and Guiscardo 687
54. Baucis and Philemon 707
55. Pygmalion and the Statue 715
56. Cinyras and Myrrha 718
57. The First Book of Homer's Ilias 730
58. The Cock and the Fox 767
59. Theodore and Honoria 777
60. Ceyx and Alcyone 786
61. The Flower and the Leaf 806
62. The Twelfth Book of Ovid his Metamorphoses 810
63. The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses 843
64. The Wife of Bath her Tale 867
65. Of the Pythagorean Philosophy 872
66. The Character of a Good Parson 899
67. The Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady 904
68. Cymon and Iphigenia 905
69. Posthumous Pieces and Miscellany 920
70. Epitaphs 921
71. Textual Notes 937
72. Appendixes 951
73. Index to the Commentary 969