Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massa chusetts. UNIVERSITY PRESS: CAMBRIDGE. The Hind and the Panther. A Poem. In Three Parts. 118 Britannia Rediviva; a Poem on the Birth of the Prince, L. To my Honoured Friend Sir Robert Howard, II. To my Honoured Friend Dr. Charleton, on his Learned and Useful Works; but more par- Upon the Death of the Earl of Dundee Eleonora; a Panegyrical Poem dedicated to the Memory of the late Countess of Abingdon On the Death of a Very Young Gentleman On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who died at Bath, and is there interred. ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. PART II. Si quis tamen hæc quoque, si quis Captus amore leget TO THE READER. In the year 1680, Mr. Dryden undertook the poem of Absalom and Achitophel, upon the desire of King Charles II. The performance was applauded by every one; and several persons pressing him to write a second part, he, upon declining it himself, spoke to Mr. Tate to write one, and gave him his advice in the direction of it; and that part beginning with 'Next these, a troop of busy spirits press,' and ending with 'To talk like Doeg, and to write like thee.' containing near two hundred verses, were entirely Mr. Dryden's compositions, besides some touches in other places. Derrick. SINCE men like beasts each other's prey were made, Since trade began, and priesthood grew a trade, Since realms were form'd, none sure so curst as those That madly their own happiness oppose; There heaven itself and god-like kings, in vain 6 Shower down the manna of a gentle reign; While wealthy faction aw'd the wanting throne. 10 His rights to invade, his tributes to refuse, 15 As if from heavenly call this license fell, 25 30 With arguments they 'd make their treason good, |