The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III

The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III

Aphra Behn

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The first English woman to earn her living by her writing, the Restoration author Aphra Behn broke cultural barriers, serving as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. This comprehensive eBook presents Behn's complete works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Behn's life and worksConcise introductions to the novels and other textsAll 16 plays, with individual contents tablesIncludes Behn's pioneering novelsImages of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Restoration textsExcellent formatting of the textsIncludes Behn's poetry - spend hours exploring the author's diverse worksFeatures two biographies - discover Behn's literary lifeScholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The PlaysTHE FORC'D MARRIAGETHE AMOROUS PRINCETHE DUTCH LOVERABDELAZERTHE TOWN FOPTHE ROVER, PART 1 AND PART 2SIR PATIENT FANCYTHE FEIGNED COURTESANSTHE YOUNG KINGTHE FALSE COUNTTHE ROUNDHEADSTHE CITY HEIRESSTHE LUCKY CHANCETHE WIDOW RANTERTHE YOUNGER BROTHERTHE EMPEROR OF THE MOONThe FictionTHE FAIR JILTAGNES DE CASTROLOVE-LETTERS BETWEEN A NOBLEMAN AND HIS SISTEROROONOKOMISCELLANEOUS FICTIONAL WORKSThe PoetryTHE POETRY OF APHRA BEHNThe BiographiesMEMOIR OF MRS. BEHN by Montague SummersAFRA BEHN by Edmund GossePlease visit delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Chapter 1 No.1

Blest Age! when ev'ry Purling Stream

Ran undisturb'd and clear,

When no scorn'd Shepherds on your Banks were seen,

Tortur'd by Love, by Jealousie, or Fear;

When an Eternal Spring drest ev'ry Bough,

And Blossoms fell, by new ones dispossest;

These their kind Shade affording all below,

And those a Bed where all below might rest.

The Groves appear'd all drest with Wreaths of Flowers,

And from their Leaves dropt Aromatick Showers,

Whose fragrant Heads in Mystick Twines above,

Exchang'd their Sweets, and mix'd with thousand Kisses,

As if the willing Branches strove

To beautifie and shade the Grove

Where the young wanton Gods of Love

Offer their Noblest Sacrifice of Blisses.

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