Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Sir William Blackstone, The Panthion, published anonymously, attribution uncertainWilliam Dunkin, BoeotiaPhilip Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, parallel Latin and English texts; first collected edition (originally published in separate parts: The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace 1743)Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (text), published anonymously (see quotation, above)Charlotte Lennox, Poems on Several OccasionsWilliam Livingston, Philosophic Solitude; or, The Choice of a Rural Life, celebrating rural life and nature; the book would go through five printings in the author's life; English Colonial AmericaDavid Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora; or, The HermitWilliam Mason, Musaeus, a Monody to the memory of Pope, published anonymously; written in imitation of John Milton's LycidasLady Mary Wortley Montagu, Six Town Eclogues, with some other PoemsSamuel Niles, A Brief and Plain Essay on God's Wonder Working Providence for New-England [. . .], a verse account of the battle of Louisburg in Nova Scotia, described as a sign of God's favor for the victors; English Colonial AmericaJosiah Relph, A Miscellany of PoemsTobias Smollett, Reproof: A satire, published anonymously; a sequel to Advice 1746Thomas Warton, the younger, The Pleasures of Melancholy, published anonymouslyWilliam Collins, Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects, published 1746, although the book is dated this yearDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 12 – Susanna Blamire (died 1794), English poet and writer of Lallans songsJanuary 15 – John Aikin (died 1822), English doctor, writer and poetFebruary 19 – Heinrich Leopold Wagner (died 1779), German writer and poetJune 24 – John O'Keeffe (died 1833), Irish dramatist and poetOctober 31 – Johann Karl Wezel (also "Carl"; died 1819), German poet, writer and educatorDecember 22 – Johann Jakob Thill (died 1772), GermanDecember 31 – Gottfried August Bürger (see subsection below)Gottfried August Bürger (died 1794), German poet and author who wrote stories about Baron von Munchhausen, preferred to think of himself as being born on January 1, 1748, and so celebrated his birthdays on that date. His tombstone is inscribed with it, and many scholars have agreed with him over the generations. Many other scholars, including many modern sources, give December 31, 1747, as the day of birth, as birth records state.
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 16 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes (born 1680), German poetAugust – Leonard Welsted (born 1688), English poet and "dunce" in Alexander Pope's writings (both in The Dunciad and in Peri Bathos)Also:Benjamin Colman (born 1673), English Colonial American clergyman and poetThomas Gilbert