1774 in poetry
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Events
- During this year's harvest, 15-year-old Scottish farm labourer Robert Burns is assisted by his contemporary Nelly Kilpatrick who inspires his first attempt at poetry, "O, Once I Lov'd A Bonnie Lass".
- Jacques Delille elected to membership in the Académie Française in large part due to his verse translation of the Georgics in 1769
Works published
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- Hugh Henry Brackenridge, "A Poem on Divine Revelation"
- Samuel Occom, editor, A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs
- John Trumbull, "An Elegy on the Times"
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- James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius, Book 2
- William Dunkin, The Poetical Works of the Late William Dunkin, posthumously published; Volume 1 includes Latin and Ancient Greek poetry with English translations
- Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation; a poem, published April 19
- Richard Graves, The Progress of Gallantry, published anonymously
- Thomas Gray, The Poems of Mr Gray
- William Mason, An Heroic Postscript to the Public, published anonymously
- Hannah More, The Inflexible Captive: A tragedy
- Samuel Jackson Pratt, The Tears of A Genius, occasioned by the Death of Dr Goldsmith
- Henry James Pye, Farringdon Hill
- Mary Scott, The Female Advocate, a response to The Feminead 1754 by John Duncombe
- Thomas Warton the Younger, [The History of English poetry|English Poetry|History of English Poetry], in three volumes, published from 1774-1781
- William Whitehead, ''Plays and Poems by William Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat''
Other
- Charles Batteux, Principes de la littérature, including Cours de belles lettres of 1765; criticism; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June 3 - Robert Tannahill, Scottish "Weaver Poet"
- August 12 - Robert Southey, English poet
- November 4 - Robert Allan, Scottish "Weaver Poet"
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Early - Lady Dorothea Du Bois, Irish poet and writer
- c. January 29-February 5 - James Love, pseudonym of James Dance, English poet, playwright and actor
- May 11 - Charles Jenner, English poet, novelist and Anglican cleric
- August 14 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician
- October 16 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer and poet
- October 17 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet
- November 25 - Henry Baker, English naturalist, poet, sign-language developer
- December 20 - Paul Whitehead, English satiric poet
- Khwaja Muhammad Zaman, Indian, Sindhi-language poet