The Works of The Earl of Rochester (Wordsworth Poetry Library)

John Wilmot Rochester, David M. Vieth

ISBN 10: 1853264415 / ISBN 13: 9781853264412

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd 01/08/1995, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of The Earl of Rochester (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd 01/08/1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853264415
• ISBN 13: 9781853264412
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Much of Rochester's work remained unpublished for many years, as it was considered too sexually bold and outrageous. This edition of his work contains a historical introduction, an extensive bibliography and notes.

Review

Upon His Drinking A Bowl
Troas: Act Ii. Latter End Of The Chorus
Amores [the Loves]: Book Ii. Elegy 9. To Love
But Why Am I This Bug Bear To Ye All?
Epigram
Song
De Rerum Natura [on The Nature Of Things]: 1, 1-15 (version 2)
De Rerum Natura: Book 1, 1-15
The Mock Song
On Cary Frazier
On Mrs. Willis
Song
The Advice
Against Constancy
Against Marriage
An Allusion To Horace, The Tenth Satyr Of The First Book
Answer To A Paper Of Verses Sent Him By Lady Betty Felton
Dialogue
A Dialogue Between Strephon And Daphne
The Disabled Debauchee
The Discovery
Epigram On Samuel Pordage
Epigram On Thomas Otway
Epilogue To 'circe'
Epilogue To 'love In The Dark' As It Was Spoke By Mr. Haines
Epistle
An Epistolary Essay From M.g. To O.b. Upon Mutual Poems
The Fall
Fragment
Grecian Kindness: A Song
The Imperfect Enjoyment
Impromptu On Charles Ii (2)
Impromptu On Louis Xiv
Impromptu On The English Court
Insulting Beauty
A Letter From Artemisa In The Town To Chloe In The Country
Letter From Miss Price To Lord Chesterfield
Love And Life. A Song
The Mistress; A Song
My Lord All-pride
On Poet Ninny
On Rome's Pardons
On The Supposed Author Of A Late Poem In Defence Of Satyr
On The Women About Town
A Pastoral Dialogue Between Alexis And Strephon
The Platonic Lady
A Ramble In St. James's Park
Rhyme To Lisbon
Rochester Extempore
Rochester's Conference With A Post Boy
A Rodomontade On His Cruel Mistress
Sab: Lost; Dramatic Fragment
A Satire [or, Satyr] Against Mankind
Satires: 51. Upon Nothing
A Satyr On Charles Ii
Second Prologue At Court To 'the Empress Of Morocco', By Lady Howard
Signior Dildo
A Song (1)
Song (1)
Song (10)
Song (11)
Song (12)
Song (13)
Song (14)
Song (15)
Song (2)
A Song (2)
Song (4)
Song (5)
Song (6)
Song (7)
Song (8)
Song (9)
A Song Of A Young Lady To Her Ancient Lover
Spoken .. To A Country Clerk .. Having Heard Him Sing Psalms
The Submission
Timon, A Satyr
To A Lady: In A Letter
To Her Sacred Majesty, The Queen Mother, On Death Of Mary
To His Sacred Majesty, On His Restoration In The Year 1660
To My More Than Meritorious Wife
Tunbridge Wells
Under King Charles Ii's Picture
Upon His Leaving His Mistress
A Very Heroical Epistle In Answer To Ephelia
Woman's Honour
Written In A Lady's Prayer Book
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®