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The poetical works of Sir John Denham

Edited with notes and introduction by Theodore Howard Banks
Denham, John (1615-1669)
  
[dedication]

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[Miscellaneous.]
  
COOPER'S HILL
  
A SONG
  
NEWS FROM COLCHESTER
  
THE PROLOGUE TO HIS MAJESTY
  
FRIENDSHIP AND SINGLE LIFE AGAINST LOVE AND MARRIAGE
  
TO SIR JOHN MENNIS BEING INVITED FROM CALICE TO BOLOGNE TO EAT A PIG
  
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN SIR JOHN POOLEY AND MR. THOMAS KILLIGREW
  
NATURA NATURATA
  
ON MY LORD CROFT'S AND MY JOURNEY INTO POLAND, FROM WHENCE WE BROUGHT 10000 L. FOR HIS MAJESTY BY THE DECIMATION OF HIS SCOTTISH SUBJECTS THERE
  
ON MR. THO. KILLIGREW'S RETURN FROM HIS EMBASSIE FROM VENICE, AND MR. WILLIAM MURRAY'S FROM SCOTLAND
  
AN OCCASIONAL IMITATION OF A MODERN AUTHOR UPON THE GAME OF CHESS
  
THE PROGRESS OF LEARNING
  
TO HIS MISTRESS
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[Political.]
  
A SPEECH AGAINST PEACE AT THE CLOSE COMMITTEE
  
TO THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE POETS
  
A WESTERN WONDER
  
A SECOND WESTERN WONDER
  
VERSES ON THE CAVALIERS IMPRISONED IN 1655
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[Elegies and Eulogies.]
  
ON MR. JOHN FLETCHERS WORKS
  
TO SIR RICHARD FANSHAW UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF PASTOR FIDO
  
AN ELEGIE UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS
  
A PANEGYRICK ON HIS EXCELLENCY, THE LORD GENERAL GEORGE MONCK
  
ON MR ABRAHAM COWLEY
  
ON THE EARL OF STRAFFORD'S TRYAL AND DEATH
  
TO THE HONOURABLE EDWARD HOWARD ESQ; UPON HIS POEM OF THE BRITISH PRINCES
  
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JUDGE CROOKE
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TRANSLATIONS
  
THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY
  
SARPEDON'S SPEECH TO GLAUCUS IN THE 12TH OF HOMER
  
OUT OF AN EPIGRAM OF MARTIAL
  
THE PASSION OF DIDO FOR ÆNEAS
  
OF PRUDENCE. OF JUSTICE
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CATO MAJOR
  
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THE ARGUMENT
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THE FIRST PART
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THE SECOND PART
 3. 
THE THIRD PART
 4. 
THE FOURTH PART
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THE SOPHY
  
THE PROLOGUE
  
ACTORS
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Actus Primus.
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[Scena Prima.]
 2. 
Scena Secunda.
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Actus Secundus.
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Scena Prima.
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Actus Tertius.
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Scena Prima.
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Actus Quartus.
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Actus Quintus.
  
THE EPILOGUE
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Appendix A. POEMS OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORSHIP
  
THE FAMOUS BATTEL OF THE CATTS
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SATIRES ON SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT'S GONDIBERT
  
TO SIR W. DAVENANT
  
A LETTER SENT TO THE GOOD KNIGHT
  
TO DAPHNE:
  
AN ESSAY IN EXPLANATION OF MR. HOBBS,
  
THUS FAR IN THE AUTHORS OWN WORDS, NOW A LITTLE IN HIS OWN WAY.

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