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Title: To Amoret
Author: Waller, Edmund
Attribution: Mr Waller
Date(s): 1645 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 36
Contents: Defining the strength of his enduring love for his beloved Amoret by
comparing it with the awesome beauty of her rival Sacharissa, which
irresistibly attracts him
Title: Of Her Majesty on New-Years Day
Author: Waller, Edmund
Attribution: Mr Waller
Date(s): 1683
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: In praise of Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II
Title: Upon the late storm and death of the late usurper Oliver Cromwell ensuing the same
Author: Waller, Edmund
Attribution: Mr Waller
Date(s): 1659 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 94
Contents: Panegyric, praising Oliver Cromwell and his achievements on behalf of England (especially abroad), lamenting his death, and describing the accompanying storms
Title: A copy of verses written by Mr Waller above forty years since and never printed in any edition of his poems
Author: Waller, Edmund
Attribution: Mr Waller
Date(s): 1652 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 94
Contents: On his love for the beautiful Chloris, despite being engaged to another woman
Title: On a Lady singing to her Lute
Attribution: Mr Waller
Date(s): 1736 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 125
Contents: In praise of a lady's voice, in fact written by Alexander Pope in his youth in imitation of Edmund Waller