Poetry from 1660 to 1780

Robert DeMaria Jr. is Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College.Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in English Literature.

• Series Editor's Preface. Introduction: Duncan Wu.1. John Milton (1608-1674):.Paradise Lost.Book I.Book Ii.2. John Dryden (1631-1700): Absalom And Achitophel:.A Poem To The Memory Of Mr Oldham.A Song For St Cecilia’s Day.3. John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647-1680):.The Imperfect Enjoyment.A Satyr Against Reason And Mankind.The Disabled Debauchee.Lampoon [On The Women About Town].Signior Dildo.A Satyr On Charles Ii.A Letter From Artemiza In The Town To Chloe In The Country.A Ramble In Saint James’s Park.Song (‘Fair Cloris In A Pigsty Lay’).A Song (‘Absent From Thee I Languish Still’).4. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745):.A Description Of The Morning.A Description Of A City Shower.Strephon And Chloe.The Lady’s Dressing Room.A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed.Cassinus And Peter. A Tragical Elegy.Verses On The Death Of Dr Swift, D.S.P.D.5. Alexander Pope (1688-1744):.Epistle To Miss Blount, With The Works Of Voiture.The Rape Of The Lock.Eloisa To Abelard.Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady.6. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784):.The Vanity Of Human Wishes.7. Thomas Gray (1716-1771):.Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College.Sonnet [On The Death Of Mr Richard West].Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat.Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard.8.William Collins (1721-1759):.Ode To Fear.Ode To Evening.9. Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774):.The Deserted Village, A Poem.Index Of Titles And First Lines.