Contents
Contents
- Richard Steele: To Mr. Congreve occasion'd by his comedy call'd The Way of the World
- Close sectionThe Mourning Bride. A Tragedy
- Dedication
- PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. Betterton.
- Dramatis Personæ.
- Close sectionTHE MOURNING BRIDE.
- ACT I. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- ACT II. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE X.
- ACT III. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- ACT IV. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V .
- SCENE VI .
- SCENE VII .
- SCENE VIII .
- SCENE IX .
- SCENE X .
- ACT V . SCENE I .
- SCENE II .
- SCENE III .
- SCENE IV .
- SCENE V .
- SCENE VI .
- SCENE VII .
- SCENE VIII .
- SCENE IX .
- SCENE X .
- SCENE XI .
- SCENE the Last.
- EPILOGUE, Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
- Close sectionThe Way of the World. A Comedy
- Dedication
- PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. Betterton.
- Dramatis Personæ.
- Close sectionTHE Way of the World.
- ACT I. SCENE I .
- SCENE II .
- SCENE III .
- SCENE IV .
- SCENE V .
- SCENE VI .
- SCENE VII .
- SCENE VIII .
- SCENE IX .
- ACT II. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- ACT III. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI.
- SCENE VII.
- SCENE VIII.
- SCENE IX.
- SCENE X.
- SCENE XI.
- SCENE XII.
- SCENE XIII.
- SCENE XIV.
- SCENE XV.
- SCENE XVI.
- SCENE XVII.
- SCENE XVIII.
- ACT IV. SCENE I.
- SCENE II.
- SCENE III.
- SCENE IV.
- SCENE V.
- SCENE VI .
- SCENE VII .
- SCENE VIII .
- SCENE IX .
- SCENE X .
- SCENE XI .
- SCENE XII .
- SCENE XIII .
- SCENE XIV .
- SCENE XV .
- ACT V. SCENE I .
- SCENE II .
- SCENE III .
- SCENE IV .
- SCENE V .
- SCENE VI .
- SCENE VII .
- SCENE VIII .
- SCENE IX .
- SCENE X .
- SCENE XI .
- SCENE XII .
- SCENE XIII .
- SCENE the Last.
- EPILOGUE, Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
- The Judgment of Paris: A Masque.
- Close sectionSemele. An Opera.
- Close sectionPoems upon Several Occasions
- THE CONTENTS
- Epistle to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax, &c.
- The Mourning Muse of Alexis, a Pastoral, lamenting the Death of Queen Mary.
- To the King, on the taking of Namure. Irregular Ode.
- The Birth of the Muse. To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax.
- On Mrs. Arabella Hunt singing. Irregular Ode.
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles for the Body of his Son Hector.
- The Lamentations of Hecuba, Andromache and Helen over the dead Body of Hector.
- Paraphrase upon Horace, Ode XIX. Lib. I. Mater sæva Cupidinum, &c.
- Stanza's in Imitation of Horace, Lib. II. Ode XIV. Eheu Fugaces, Posthume, Posthume, Labuntur Anni, &c.
- In Imitation of Horace, Ode IX. Lib. I. Vides ut alta, &c.
- Song. I Look'd, and I sigh'd and I wish'd I cou'd speak
- The Reconciliation.
- Absence.
- Song. False though she be to me and Love
- Song in Dialogue for two Women.
- A Song. Tell me no more I am deceiv'd;
- The Petition.
- Song. Cruel Amynta, can you see
- Song. See, see, she wakes, Sabina wakes!
- Occasion'd on a Lady's having writ Verses in Commendation of a Poem which was written in Praise of another Lady.
- An Epigram written after the Decease of Mrs. Arabella Hunt, under her Picture drawn playing on a Lute.
- Song. Pious Selinda goes to Pray'rs,
- A Hymn to Harmony, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day, 1701. Set to Musick by Mr. John Eccles.
- Verses to the Memory of Grace Lady Gethin, occasioned by reading her Book Intituled Reliquiæ Gethinianæ.
- Epitaph upon Robert Huntington of Stanton Harcourt, Esq; and Robert his Son.
- To Mr. Dryden on his Translation of Persius.
- The Eleventh Satire of Juvenal.
- Prologue to Queen Mary, upon her Majesty's coming to see the Old Batchelor, after having seen the Double Dealer.
- Epilogue at the Opening of the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market, with an Italian Pastoral: Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
- Prologue to Pyrrhus King of Epirus.
- Epilogue to Oroonoko, spoken by Mrs. Verbruggen.
- Prologue to the Husband his own Cuckold, a Comedy written by Mr. J. Dryden, Junior.
- Prologue to the Court; on the Queen's Birth-Day, 1704.
- The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas. A Pastoral, lamenting the Death of the late Lord Marquis of Blanford. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer of England.
- To Cynthia, weeping and not speaking. Elegy.
- Amoret.
- Lesbia.
- Doris.
- To Sleep. Elegy.
- To Sir Godfrey Kneller, occasion'd by L—y —s Picture.
- To a Candle. Elegy.
- Ovid's Third Book of the Art of Love translated into English Verse. Wherein He recommends Rules and Instructions to the Fair Sex, in the Conduct of their Amours: After having already composed two Books for the Use of Men, upon the same Subject.
- Of Pleasing; an Epistle to Sir Richard Temple.
- Close sectionA Pindarique Ode, humbly offer'd to the Queen, on the Victorious Progress of Her Majesty's Arms, under the Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough. To which is prefix'd a Discourse on the Pindarique Ode.
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain. Pindarique Ode.
- An Impossible Thing. A Tale.
- The Peasant in Search of his Heifer. A Tale, after M. De la Fontaine.
- Homer's Hymn to Venus: Translated into English Verse.
- Close sectionSongs from Plays
- Close sectionMiscellaneous Songs and Poems
- Leonora's Song, from Incognita
- The Decay, A Song.
- The Message. A Song.
- Faded Delia moves Compassion.
- A Two-Part Song. There ne're was so wretched a Lover as I
- A Poem. In Praise of the Author.
- The Oath of the Tost
- Mrs. Brudenell.
- Mrs. Clavering.
- Mrs. Digby.
- Mrs. Di. Kirk.
- To Maria.
- Jack French-Man's Defeat:
- A Ballad on Quadrille.
- Prologue. Written for Mr. Hains, and spoken by him.
- Prologue to the Princess. Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle.
- Prologue to The Conquest of Spain
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book X.
- A Letter from Mr. Congreve to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham.
- Close section End Matter
