Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
John Brown, On Liberty
William Collins:
Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson, James Thomson died in August 1748
"The Passions"
Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Beauty, published anonymously
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
Aaron Hill, Gideon; or, The Patriot
Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes: The tenth satire of Juvenal, imitated
Henry Jones, Poems on Several Occasions
William Mason, Isis: An elegy
Gilbert West, Odes of Pindar
Joseph Green, "Entertainment for a Winter's Evening," a satirical poem about Boston's first Masonic procession; published in Boston, Colonial America
Ewald von Kleist, Spring; Germany
Anonymous, Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta ("I am talking about you, Malta"), Malta, approximate date
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
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 22 – Matthew Concanen (born 1701), Irish-born English poet and writer
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
