1749 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

See main article: 1749.

Works published

United Kingdom

• John Brown, On Liberty^[1]
• William Collins:
  • Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson, James Thomson died in August 1748^[1]
  • "The Passions"
• Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Beauty, published anonymously^[1]
• 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^[2]
• Aaron Hill, Gideon; or, The Patriot^[1]
• Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes: The tenth satire of Juvenal, imitated^[1]
• Henry Jones, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
• William Mason, Isis: An elegy^[1]
• Gilbert West, Odes of Pindar^[1]

Other

• Joseph Green, "Entertainment for a Winter's Evening," a satirical poem about Boston's first Masonic procession; published in Boston, Colonial America^[3]
• Ewald von Kleist, Spring; Germany^[4]
• Anonymous, Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta ("I am talking about you, Malta"), Malta, approximate date

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• April 19  - Ōta Nanpo (大田 南畝), 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 (died 1823), late Edo period Japanese poet and fiction writer
• May 4  - Charlotte Turner Smith (died 1806), English poet and novelist
• August 28  - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (died 1832), German writer
• December 15  - James Graeme (died 1772), Scottish poet
• December 25  - Samuel Jackson Pratt (died 1814), English poet and writer
• Undated  - Wang Yun (died 1819), Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing dynasty

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 22  - Matthew Concanen (born 1701), Irish-born English poet and writer
• February 20 – Usher Gahagan, Irish-born Latin scholar, poet and coiner, hanged
• May  - Samuel Boyse (born 1702/3), Irish poet
• June 18  - Ambrose Philips (born 1674), English poet and politician
• August 13  - Johann Elias Schlegel (born 1719), German critic and poet

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

Notes

1. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
2. Book: Burt, Daniel S.. The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2004. 978-0-618-16821-7.
3. Book: Gates, Henry Louis Jr. 2003. The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers. New York. Basic Civitas Books. 978-0-465-01850-5. 10.
4. Book: Thomas, Calvin. A History of German Literature. German literature.. New York. D. Appleton & Company. 1909. 2009-12-14.