1710 in poetry

Events

• February - A year after the death of poet John Philips, Edmund Smith prints a "Poem to the Memory of Mr John Philips". Other memorials to the poet this year include "A Poem to the Memory of the Incomparable Mr Philips" by Leonard Welsted, and a monument in his memory is erected by Lord Harcourt in Westminster Abbey, between those to Chaucer and Drayton, with the motto "Honos erit huic quoque pomo" from the title page of Philips' work Cyder.
• October - The Medley, a literary periodical, first issued; founded by Arthur Maynwaring, contributors included Richard Steele, John Oldmixon; weekly to August, 1711
• November - The Examiner, a literary periodical, first issued, founded by Henry St. John, Francis Atterbury, Matthew Prior and John Freind; initially edited by William King, also edited by Jonathan Swift, who was also a major contributor; weekly to June 1711

Works published

• William Congreve, The Works of Mr. William Congreve, in three volumes
• George Farquhar, Barcellona: a poem; or, the Spanish expedition under the command of Charles Earl of Peterborough, epic
• Ambrose Philips, Pastorals
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added, Advice to a Painter. Written by the Right Honourable John, late Earl of Rochester, London: Printed by H. Hills & sold by the booksellers of London & Westminster, posthumous

Births

• 6 February - Paul Whitehead, English satiric poet
• 22 May - James Hammond, English poet and politician
• 27 November - Robert Lowth, English Bishop of the Church of England, poet, professor of poetry at the University of Oxford and grammarian, author of one of the most influential textbooks on English grammar
• Also:
• * Angom Gopi, Meitei language poet, writer and translator
• * George Alexander Stevens, English playwright and poet

Deaths

• 1 November - Michael Kongehl, German baroque poet
• 15 December - Lady Mary Chudleigh, English poet and essayist