1788 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

This year three works of poetry, all written by women, condemn slavery; while Samuel Pratt is an early advocate of animal rights:

Henry Cary, Sonnets and Odes, the author turns 16 years old this year
William Collins, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland
William Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously
Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
* Poems
* Poems on Slavery
James Hurdis, The Village Curate
Robert Merry, writing under the pen name "Della Crusca", Diversity
Hannah More, Slavery: A Poem
"Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
Samuel Jackson Pratt, Sympathy
William Whitehead, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William Mason
John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables
Ann Yearsley, ''A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade''

Timothy Dwight, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem", satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestley and their followers
Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems
Francis Hopkinson:
* An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
* Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano
Peter Markoe:
* "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people
* "The Storm", attributed to Markoe
William Roscoe, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem
Susanna Rowson:
*Poems on Various Subjects
* ''A Trip to Parnassus''

Basilio da Gama, Relação abreviada da República e Lenitivo da saudade; Brazil
Joseph Quesnel, Colas et Colinette, a comedy in verse, French language, published in Quebec, Canada

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

January 22 - Lord Byron, English poet and leading figure in Romanticism
March 10 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet and novelist
May 16 - Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages
June - Eliza Townsend, American poet who published anonymously
c. October 14 - Robert Millhouse, English weaver poet
October 24 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
December 6 - Richard H. Barham, English poet, humorist and priest

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: