1627 in poetry

Events

• English poet Sir John Beaumont, 1st Baronet presented with the Beaumont Baronetcy, of Grace Dieu in the County of Leicester

Works published

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• Michael Drayton, The Battaile of Agincourt
• Phineas Fletcher, Locustae, in Latin with English paraphrasing
• Thomas May, translator, Lucan's Pharsalia; or, The Civill Warres of Rome, between Pompey the Great, and Julius Caesar, translated from Latin, completed in 10 books
• Richard Niccols, The Beggers Ape, published anonymously

Other

• Gabriel Bocángel, Rimas, containing both ballads and sonnets; Spain
• Luis de Góngora, Works in verse by the Spanish Homer, collected by Juan López de Vicuña, published posthumously; includes numerous sonnets, odes, ballads, songs for guitar, La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea, Las Soledades and other long poems; Spain
• François de Malherbe and others, Recueil des plus beaux vers des poètes de ce temps, with many poems by Malherbe and his acknowledged disciples; France
• John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle , Spain, largely written in 1577, first published in its original language, in Brussels

Births

• Nicolò Minato, Italian poet, librettist and impresario
• Walter Pope, English astronomer and poet

Deaths

• April 19 - John Beaumont, English playwright and poet
• May 24 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish lyric poet
• May 26 - Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, English countess, minor poet, and major patron of poets
• July 4 - Thomas Middleton, English playwright and poet
• July 9 - Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen, Dutch painter, poet and theologian
• October - Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish-born Latin American poet
• Also:
• * Charles Best, English poet, writer of A Sonnet of the Moon
• * Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Indian poet in Mughal Emperor Akbar court
• * Cormac Mac Con Midhe, Irish poet
• * Thomas Seget, Scottish poet who wrote in Latin