1681 in poetry
This article covers 1674 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published this year
Works published
Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain
- Richard Baxter, Poetical Fragments
- Charles Cotton, The Wonders of the Peake
- John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, published anonymously; a satire on Anthony Ashley Cooper, earl of Shaftesbury and James Scott, Duke of Monmouth
- Thomas D'Urfey, The Progress of Honesty; or, A View of a Court and City
- Andrew Marvell, Miscellaneous Poems, including "To His Coy Mistress"
- John Oldham, published anonymously
- * Satyrs upon the Jesuits
- * ''Some New Pieces Never Before Publisht''
Other
- Thomas Hansen Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor, second part, Denmark
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 24 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and poet
- Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German poet and lexicographer
- Nedîm, Ottoman poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- May 25 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish writer, poet and dramatist
- August 12 - Sir George Wharton, 1st Baronet, English Royalist soldier, astrologer and poet
- October 7 - Nikolaes Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar
- December - Charles Cotin, French abbé, philosopher and poet
- Magha 9, 1603 - Samarth Ramdas, Marathi saint and religious poet