Poems on Affairs of State

[Volume I.] From the time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second.

II.

Vol. II. From The Reign of K. James the First, To this Present Year 1703.

III.

VOL. III. From the Year 1640. to the Year 1704.

IV.

VOL. IV. From 1620. to this present Year 1707.

POEMS ON State-Affairs.

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On the Death of Mr. Dryden.

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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

John Dryden Enemies had three;
Sir Dick, old Nick, and Jeremy.
The Doughty Knight was forc'd to yield;
The other two have kept the Field:
But had his Life been somewhat holier,
He'ad foil'd the Devil and the Collier.

University of Virginia Library

On the Death of Mr. Dryden.