It gathered together published and unpublished work (some written at boarding-school) both religious and secular: hymns, epistles, odes, pastorals (including an imitation of Anne Killigrew
and an elegy for Queen Mary
), praise of King William
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Jane Brereton
In the first of this group of poems, Melissa declares her own inferiority to Fidelia (with a brief survey of other poets including Pope
, Buckingham
, Prior
, Dryden
and Finch
).
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Elinor James
She defends the reputation of Queen Elizabeth
, mentions John Dryden
's dismissal of her in his preface to The Hind and the Panther (published this year) as anti-Catholic, but not one who merits an...
Wealth and Poverty
Penelope Aubin
A Mrs Aubin, probably PA
, received the profits from a benefit performance of Dryden
's The Spanish Friar at Lincoln's Inn Fields
.
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