John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel admiration Almanzor Annus Mirabilis Antony argument Aureng-zebe Ben Jonson better blank verse called century character Chaucer comedy Congreve Conquest of Granada Corneille couplet criticism doubt drama Dramatick Poesie dramatist Dryden knew early poems edition Elizabethan English epic Essay Of Dramatick excelled Exclusion Bill Fables familiar Fool gave gives Heav'n hero heroic play heroic poem Homer imitation John Dryden Johnson kind language learned Lectures lines Mac Flecknoe matter methods Milton mind Muse nature never numbers Ovid Panther Paradise Lost pass passage perhaps Pindaric verse Poet Laureate poetry Pope's portrait praise preface prologue prose quote reader reason Religio Laici remark Restoration rhyme Richard Flecknoe satire satirist says Scott Shadwell Shakespeare speak spirit stage stanza story tells theatre thought Tillotson translation Tyrannick Love unity versification Virgil Waller whole poem words writing written wrote Zimri