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Dryden, John2

Title: [unknown]

Author: Dryden, John

Attribution: Dryden

Date(s): 1694 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 48

Contents: On the suffering that jealousy causes lovers, abridged from a song in

Dryden's play "Love Triumphant"

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Title: Dryden's Translation of Theocritus

Attribution: Dryden

Date(s): 1685 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: Extract from Dryden's 'Daphnis and Chloris', translated from Theocritus, in which Chloris vows to preserve her virginity. Printed in 'Sylvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies' [edited by Dryden]

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Title: Dryden's Translation of Theocritus [heading from previous extract]

Attribution: Dryden

Date(s): 1685 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 123

Contents: Extract from Dryden's 'Daphnis and Chloris', translated from Theocritus, in which Chloris argues against marriage. Printed in 'Sylvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies' [edited by Dryden]

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Title: Dryden's ode on St Cecilias Day

Author: Dryden, John

Attribution: Dryden

Date(s): 1697 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 9

Contents: On Alexander the Great's feast after his victory over Persia, demonstrating

the power of music to sway emotions before the time of St Cecilia; the

different speakers marked

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