1703 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
- William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony
- Daniel Defoe:
- * A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
- * A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe
- * More Reformation: A satyr upon himself
- Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre
- Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 5 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet
- June 28 - John Wesley, English cleric and Christian theologian, founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
- October 2 - Fukuda Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼, Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet
- Date unknown - Gilbert West, English poet and translator
- Approximate date
- * Samuel Boyse, Irish poet
- * Henry Brooke, Irish poet, novelist and dramatist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- October 14 - Thomas Kingo, Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer