PREFACES, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL, BY DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON: LONDON: 1810. B HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 0414*.319 c. WHITTINGHAM, Printer, Goswell Street, Londoa. 46-14 2410 26-21 CONTENTS. Page ib. THE Author's Life, by Mr. Chalmers 3 An Act of Contrition 24 An Act of Hope 26 ib. 7 ib. Of the miserable State of Man ib, Of Sicknesse 27 To the worthy Muse of his noble Friend. By Against inordinate Love of Creatures A Congratulation to the Muses. By his Son Upon the following Poems of my dearest Fa- On the Anniuersary Day of his Maistre's Reigne Upon the Poems of his dearest Brother. By On the hononred Poems of his bonoured A Thanksgiuing for the Deliverance of King James from a dangerous Accident............ ib. ib. To his late Maiesty concerning the true Forme of English Poetry ib. To the glorious Memory of King James. 31 A Panegyrick at the Coronation of King ib. 32 Of the Prince's Journey S3 ib. Of the Prince's Departure and Returne.. ib. 11 Of the Prince's most happy Returne.... ib. An Expression of Sibyll's Acrosticks 17 Upon the Anniuersary Day of the Prince's ib. Returne, October the fifth An Epigram concerning Man's Life, com To the most illustrious Prince Charles, of the posed by Crates, or Posidippus. The Answer of Metrodorus....... ib. An Epithalamium vpon the bappy Marriage Horat. Carm. Lib. iji. Od. xxix.. 19 of King Charles and Queene Mary 20 At the End of his Maiestie's first Yeere ib. An Epithalamium to my Lord Marquesse of 21 of Buckingham and to his faire and vertu- Clandian's Epigram of the old Man of Verona. 22 ous Lady ib. ib. ib. My Lord of Buckingham's Welcome to the Of the Transfignration of our Lord 23 A Congratulation to the Marquisse of Buck- ingham at the Birth of his Daughter........ An Ode of the blessed Trinitie ib. Of true Greatnesse. To the Marquisse of A Dialogue between the World, a Pilgrim, and Buckingbam .... 37 ib. Vpon the Marquisse of Buckingham's Shield Vpon his noble Friend Sie William Shipwith.. 40 at a Tilting, his impresse being a Bird of An Epitaph vpon my deare Brother, Francis To the Duke of Buckingham at his Returne Teares for the Death of the Lord Chandos ib. 38 Vpon the vntimely Death of Edward Stafford To the Duke of Buckingham ............ ib. Sonne and Heire to the Lord Stafford 41 To the Duke of Buckingham vpon the Birth To the Memory of Ferdinando Pulton, Esq.... ib. ib. To the immortal Memory of the Lady Clifton. ib. Vpon the Earl of Couentry's Departure from Vpon the Death of the most noble Lord Henry, ib. Earle of Southampton, 1624. To Lord Viscount Purbeck, a Congratulation An Epitaph vpon that hopeful young Gentle- To the Memory of Mistris Elizabeth Neuell... ib. Juvenal, Sat. X. ib. 47 The Authors' Lives, by Mr. Chalmers ....... 51 Eclogue II. Thirsil ..... IV. Chromis .............................. 1+1 VI. Thomalin To the right worshipful and reverend Mr. Doc- tor Nevile, Dean of Canterbury, and the To my dear friend, the Spencer of this Age, Master of Trinity College in Cambridge 55 Thomas Nevile, most heavenly ..... 57 An Hymn at the Marriage of my most dear Defuncto Fratri. By Phin. Fletcher............ 60 Η Μαριάμ. To my beloved Cousin, W. R. Esq. Calend. ib. 155 67 To my ever honoured Cousin, W. R. Esq. ib. 71 | To R. C. in Cambridge, my Son by the Uni- To my beloved Thenot, in Answer of bis Verse. 157 Upon the Picture of Achmet the Turkish Ty- Dedication to my most worthy and learned Friend, Edward Benlowes, Esq ....... ..... 81 Against a rich Man despising Poverty To the learned Author, Son and Brother to A Vow ........ On Woman's Lightness il. 160 To my only chosen Valentine and Wife ib. A Translation of Boethius, the third Book and A Translation of Boethius, Book ii. Ver. vii... 161 Upon my Brother Mr. G. F. his Book intitled Upon the Bishop of Exon, Dr. Hall, bis Medi- 103 Upon the Contemplations of the Bishop of Excester, given to the Lady E. W. at New- These Asclepiads of Mr. H. S. translated and Eclogue I. Amyntas ib. 113 PISCATORY ECLOGUES. ib. Upon my Brother's Book, called The Grounds, 164 Labour and Reward of Faith ......... 165 ib. Upon Mr. Perkins, his printed Sermons An Hymn ib. Eliza, or an Elegy upon the unripe Decease ib. ib. ib. .. The Author's Life, by Mr. Chalmers............ 175 PROLOGUES, EPILOGUES, AND SONGS TO SEVERAL PLAIES. To the worshipful, the worthily honoured, The Prologue to the Mad Lover Robert Parkhurst, Esq. by L B. To the true Patropesse of all Poetry, Caliope. First Song to the Mad Lover. ib. Second Song to the Mad Lover In Laudem Authoris. By W. B. ib, ib. ib. 180 Prologue to the French Lawyer..... To Mr. Prancis Beaumont, (tben living). By Epilogue 194 ib. First Song to the Play, called, The Little ib. ib. the Country... ib. An Elegy..... ib. On the Marriage of a beauteous young Gen Prologue to the Play, called, The Noble Gen- A Soonet ib. Prologue to the Play, called, The Captaine... ib. ib. First Song to the Play, called, The Captaine.. ib. ib. Song to tbe Play, called, The Begger's Bush.. ib. An Epitaph.--Here she lies whose spotless Prologue to the Play, called, The Coxeombe.. ih. A Sopnet.--Like a ring without a finger ib. Prologue to the Tragedy, called, The False Ope. ib. 187 | First Song to The False One, a Tragedy ib. A faneral Elogie on the Death of the Lady The second Song The Examination of his Mistris's Perfections. ib. The fourth Song. ib. 188 Prologue to the Play, called, The Chances 197 ib. Prologue to the Play, called, The Loyal Subject. ib. Song -Say, lovely dreame, where couldst Epilogue ib. 189 First Song to the Play, called, The Loyal Sub- Song.--Behold the brand of beauty tost ib. ject An Elegy.--Heaven knows my love to thee, Second Song Upon Mr. Charles Beaumont, who died of a Prologue to the Play, called, The Lover's Pro- Song --Go and catch a falling star ib. First Song to The Lover's Progresse ib. Songs to the Play, called, The Maid in the The willing Prisoner to his Mistris....... ib. Mill. ib. |