FTP, identify this English poet of "MacFlecknoe" and Absalom and Achitophel.
His first play, The Wild Gallant, was a failure when first presented, but he soon found more success with The Indian Queen.  With his Panegyric on the Coronation and Astraea Redux he celebrated Charles II, but religious differences with William and Mary led to the loss of his title as Poet Laureate.  Of his tragedies, All for Love, remains the best-known, but it was for allegorical poems that he established his name.  FTP, identify this English poet of "MacFlecknoe" and Absalom and Achitophel.
His first play, The Wild Gallant, was a failure when first presented, but he soon found more success with The Indian Queen.  
John Dryden