1652 in poetry

Events

• English poet John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year; his first wife Mary dies on May 5.
• A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature.

Works published

• Edward Benlowes, Theophila; or, Loves Sacrifice, including some Latin poetry and translations
• Richard Crashaw, Carmen Deo Nostro, Te Decet Hymnus: Sacred poems, containing poems from Steps to the Temple 1646, and new poetry
• Sir Richard Fanshawe, Selected Parts of Horace, Prince of Lyricks, published anonymously; Latin and English verse on facing pages
• John Hall, translator, Of the Height of Eloquence by Longinus
• John Phillips published a Latin reply to the anonymous attack on John Milton entitled ''Pro Rege et populo anglicano''

Works incorrectly dated this year

• Anonymous, A Hermeticall Banquet, published in 1651, according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, although the book states "1652"; some attribute the book to James Howell, others to Thomas Vaughan

Births

• May - Jane Barker, English poet and playwright
• Hanabusa Itchō, Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet
• Nahum Tate, Irish poet
• Probable date - Vemana, Telugu poet

Deaths

• April 12 - John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War
• May - Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet
• June 25 - Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer
• October 20 - Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet
• November 21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector
• Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha, Irish Gaelic poet and historian, killed
• Wang Duo, Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet
• Approximate date - Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig, Irish Gaelic scholar and poet, killed