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Overview of the events of 1750 in poetry
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Irish or
France ).
Events
Works published
William Collins , The Passions: An ode
[1]
Thomas Cooke , An Ode on Moartial Virtue , published anonymously
[1]
Robert Dodsley , The Oeconomy of Human Life , published anonymously; has also been attributed to
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield ; published this year, although the book states "1751"
[1]
Mary Jones , Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
[1]
Charlotte Lennox , The Art of Coquetry
James Thomson , Poems on Several Occasions , posthumous
Thomas Warton , the younger, New-market , published anonymously this year, although the book states "1751"
Edward Young , The Complaint; or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality , published anonymously; the collected edition of Nights , Books 1–9 (see The Complaint
1742 )
[1]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 24 –
John Trumbull (died
1831 ),
American poet
[2]
June 19 –
Lemuel Hopkins (died
1801 ),
American
[2] poet and satirist
[3]
July 30 –
John Taylor (died
1826 ),
English businessman, poet and Unitarian hymn writer
September 5 –
Robert Fergusson (died
1774 ),
Scottish poet
September 18 –
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa (died
1791 ),
Spanish poet
October 31 –
Leonor de Almeida Portugal (died
1839 ),
Portuguese poet
November 7 – Count
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (died
1819 ),
German poet
December 8 –
Lady Anne Barnard , née Lindsay (died
1825 ),
Scottish poet and author of the
ballad "
Auld Robin Gray "
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes
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e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004,
ISBN
0-19-860634-6
^
a
b Web page titled
"American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
^ Burt, Daniel S.,
The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004,
ISBN
978-0-618-16821-7 , retrieved via Google Books
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