1748 in poetry
This article covers 1748 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
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- Mark Akenside, An Ode to the Earl of Huntingdon
- Robert Dodsley, editor, first three volumes of A Collection of Poems, Volume 2 includes Thomas Gray's "Ode ", "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" and "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"
- William Kenrick, The Town
- Mary Leapor, Poems upon Several Occasions, posthumous
- Ambrose Philips, Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems
- Thomas Sheridan, The Simile; or, Woman: a Cloud, published posthumously
- James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem. Written in Imitation of Spenser., a mock-Spenserian poem; published by Andrew Millar
- Thomas Warton, the elder, Poems on Several Occasions, published posthumously, edited by Joseph Warton, who also included two of his own odes
Other
- Johann Jakob Bodmer, Proben der alten schwäbischen Poesie des dreyzehnten Jahrhunderts. Aus der Manessischen Sammlung, German-language anthology published in Switzerland
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 1 - Gottfried August Bürger, German poet
- June 14 - Henry Alline, American-born Canadian preacher and hymn-writer
- October 13 - Henry Livingston, Jr., American farmer and poet; his family later claim he, not Clement Moore, is the author of "The Night Before Christmas"
- December 21 - Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, German poet and lyricist
- Also - Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Scottish-born American writer, poet, lawyer, judge and Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 21 - Antoine Danchet, French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet
- April 13 - Christopher Pitt, English poet and translator
- August 27 - James Thomson, 47, Scottish-born poet and playwright, author of the words to "Rule Britannia!"
- November 25 - Isaac Watts, English "Father of English Hymnody"
- Also - Mohammed Awzal, Moroccan religious Berber poet