1749 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
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- John Brown, On Liberty
- William Collins:
- * Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson, James Thomson died in August 1748
- *"The Passions"
- Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Beauty, published anonymously
- Joseph Dumbleton, "A Rhapsody on Rum", a popular, solemn poem by a Southern newspaper versifier describing how rum destroys a drinker; first published in the ' 'South Carolina Gazette' ' and reprinted in newspapers throughout English Colonial America
- Aaron Hill, Gideon; or, The Patriot
- Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes: The tenth satire of Juvenal, imitated
- Henry Jones, Poems on Several Occasions
- William Mason, Isis: An elegy
- Gilbert West, ''Odes of Pindar''
Other
- Joseph Green, "Entertainment for a Winter's Evening," a satirical poem about Boston's first Masonic procession; published in Boston, Colonial America
- Ewald von Kleist, Spring; Germany
- Anonymous, Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta, Malta, approximate date
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 19 - Ōta Nanpo, the most oft-used pen name of Ōta Tan, whose other pen names include Yomo no Akara, Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin 蜀山人, late Edo period Japanese poet and fiction writer
- May 4 - Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and novelist
- August 28 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer
- December 15 - James Graeme, Scottish poet
- December 25 - Samuel Jackson Pratt, English poet and writer
- Undated - Wang Yun, Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing dynasty
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 22 - Matthew Concanen, Irish-born English poet and writer
- February 20 – Usher Gahagan, Irish-born Latin scholar, poet and coiner, hanged
- May - Samuel Boyse, Irish poet
- June 18 - Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician
- August 13 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet