Dryden was born Life to the End of the Commonwealth. in a Northamptonshire village about eighty miles north of London, August 9, 1631. He attended Westminster School under Doctor Busby (who, it will be remembered, once whipped Sir Roger de Coverley's grandfather see The Spectator, No. 329), and Trinity College, Cambridge. Though he did not obtain a fellowship, he remained in Cambridge for three years after his graduation in 1654, apparently engaged in study. On the death of his father he inherited property enough to support him; and from Cambridge he moved to London, which from that time was his residence. DRYDEN. First Poems. Heroic Highness, Oliver, The poet's an Stanzas, Consecrated to the Memory of His "His grandeur he derived from Heaven alone, For he was great, ere Fortune made him so." The concludi "His H How W Les than Area Rei f His Sacr Dryden Fords of Do the nation. as been s Area Rea social inter My Lord J Lord to my disenss my your Layd that used and by va tich take justify o Prose." ari held until the be aband for blank have many petitions of edy; ano changes which he sary to preface. "all mienty, mott obedient Your Co Humble Rossant John Dryden. |