The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
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whereby the dignity of tragedy might be supported, and its principal
characters justly distinguished. Besides the works which we have already mentioned, Mr. Dennis is author of the following pieces, mostly in the Pindaric way. Upon our Victory at Sea, and burning the French Fleet at La Hogne in 1692. Part of the Te Deum Paraphrased, in Pindaric Verse. To Mr. Dryden, upon his Translation of the Third Book of Virgil's Georgics. Pindaric Ode. A Pindaric Ode on the King, written in the beginning of August 1691; occasioned by the Victory at Aghrim. To a Painter drawing a Lady's Picture, an Epigram. Prayer for the King's Safety in the Summer's Expedition in 1692, an Epigram. The Court of Death, a Pindaric Poem; dedicated to the Memory of her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Mary. The Passion of Byblis, made English from the Ninth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis. The Monument, a Poem; sacred to the Memory of the best, and greatest of Kings, William III. |
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