1660 in poetry

none 1660 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events The return to power of Charles II of England, with a triumphant entrance into London on May 29, results in the publication of numerous panegyrics and similar verse by English poets praising the monarch. However, the anti-monarchist John Milton is forced into hiding as a warrant for his arrest is issued in June, his writings are burned and he is imprisoned from October to December. Works published Elias Ashmole, Sol in Ascendente; or, The Glorious Appearance of Charles the Second, upon the Horizon of London, in her Horoscopicall Sign, Gemini, anonymous, on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 this yearCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Charles Cotton, A Panegyrick to the King's Most Excellent Majesty Abraham Cowley: Ode, Upon the Blessed Restoration and Returne of His Sacred Majestie, Charls, on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 of this year writing under the pen name "Ezekiel Grebner", a purported grandson of Paul Grebner, The Visions and Prophecies Concerning England, Scotland, and Ireland of Ezekiel Grebner, published this year, although the book states "1661"; a royalist political satire, in prose and verse6499 Cowley, Abraham Alexander Lindsay Sir William Davenant: "A Panegyric to his Excellency the Lord General Monck", to George Monck "Poem, Upon His Sacred Majesties Most Happy Return to His Dominions", on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 of this year Sir Robert Howard, Poems John Phillips, Montelion, 1660; or, The Proheticall Almanack, published under the pen name "Montelion, knight of the oracle, a well-wisher to the mathematicks", a verse satire on William Lilly's almanacs Robert Wild, Iter Boreale John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Epicedia Academiæ Oxoniensis, a collection of poems offering condolence with the Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, for the death of her daughter Mary, the Princess Royal; two poems in the collection have been attributed to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: a Latin poem, "In Obitum Serenissimae Mariae Principis Arausionensis," and an English poem, "To Her Sacred Majesty, the Queen Mother, on the Death of Mary, Princess of Orange."Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)"at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. 2009-05-02. Editor, Britannia Rediviva Oxford: Excudebat A. & L. Lichfield, Acad. Typogr., anthology George Wither, Speculum Speculativum; or, A Considering-Glass Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: By May – Anne Killigrew (died 1685), English poet and painter Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: September 12 – Jacob Cats (born 1576), Dutch poet October 6 – Paul Scarron (born 1610), French poet, playwright and novelist date not known Faqi Tayran, also spelled "Feqiyê Teyran", pen name of Mir Mihemed (born 1590), Kurdish Sir Thomas Urquhart (born 1611), Scottish See also Poetry Poetry 17th century in poetry 17th century in literature Restoration literature Notes Category:17th-century poetry Poetry *