1687 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- William Winstanley publishes the Lives of the most famous English poets from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained
Works published
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- John Cutts,, Poetical Exercises written on several occasions, published anonymously
- John Dryden:
- * The Hind and the Panther, published anonymously
- * A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
- Thomas D'Urfey, A Compleat Collection of Mr D'Urfey's Songs and Odes
- John Norris, A Collection of Miscellanies, prose and poetry
- Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse, published anonymously, a burlesque of John Dryden's The Hind and the Panther
- Thomas Shadwell, translator, The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal, with English and Latin on facing pages
Other
- John Cotton II, Poem Occasioned by the Death of John Alden, English Colonial American
- Benjamin Harris, compiler, The New England Primer, English Colonial American
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June 13 – Paolo Rolli, Italian librettist, poet and translator
- c. August 26 – Henry Carey, English poet, dramatist and songwriter
- Mary Chandler, English poet and milliner
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 28 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer
- April 16 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman and poet
- April 28 – Charles Cotton, English poet and writer
- May 6 – Thomas Washbourne, English clergyman and poet
- September 1 – Henry More, English philosopher and poet
- October 21 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician
- Pierre Petit, French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer