| “ | Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor. | ” | — Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). [edit] Events [edit] Works published - Richard Owen Cambridge, The Scribleriad, in six books, first published separately from January through March[1]
- Thomas Cooke, An Ode on the Powers of Poetry, published anonymously[1]
- Nathaniel Cotton, Visions in Verse, published anonymously, a verse version for children of Gay's Fables 1727[1]
- Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard (text), published anonymously, a literary sensation published February 15 by Robert Dodsley in a quarto pamphlet with a preface by Horace Walpole (reprinted in Designes by Mr. R. Bentley 1753 and in Gray's Poems 1768);[1] an important work of the Graveyard poets movement
- Mary Leapor, Poems Upon several Occasions, edited by Samuel Richardson and Isaac Hawkins, published posthumously (see also Poems upon Several Occasions 1748[1]
- Moses Mendes, The Seasons[1]
- Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope, edited by William Warburton, published posthumously[1]
[edit] Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - Henrietta Battier (died 1813), Irish poet, satirist, and actress
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (died 1816), Irish playwright, poet, speechwriter and Whig statesman
- David Samwell, also known by the pseudonym Dafydd Ddu Feddyg, (died 1798), Welsh naval surgeon and poet
- February 20 — Johann Heinrich Voss (died 1826), German poet
[edit] Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: [edit] See also - ^ a b c d e f g Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
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