1756 in poetry

none 1756 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published United Kingdom Isaac Bickerstaffe, Leucothoe, published anonymouslyCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 Francies Brooke, Virginia: A tragedy, a drama that contains poems Richard Owen Cambridge, An Elegy Written in an Empty Assembly Room, a parody of Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard Thomas Cole, The Arbour; or, The Rural Philosopher, published anonymously William Kenrick, Epistles to Lorenzo, published anonymously William Mason, Odes Edward Moore, Poems, Fables and PlaysWard, Sir Adolphus William et al., editors, The Cambridge history of English literature, Volume 10, p 491, New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons (this edition; also Cambridge, England: University Press) 1913, retrieved via Google Books on January 10, 2010 Christopher Pitt, Poems [...] Together with The Jordan, "By the celebrated translator of Virgil's Aeneid", according to the book Christopher Smart: Hymn to the Supreme Being Translator, The Works of Horace (see also Works of Horace, Translated into Verse 1767) Joseph Warton, An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, Volume 1 (Volume 2 published in 1782), criticism English, Colonial America Jacob Duche, "Pennsylvania: A Poem", English, Colonial AmericaLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Samuel Tilden, Tilden's Miscellaneous Poems, on Divers Occasions, Chiefly to Animate and Rouse the Soldiers, English, Colonial America, posthumously published Other Solomon Gessner, Switzerland, German-language: Idyllen, versions of the work eventually appeared in English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Czech (see also a second volume of Idyllen 1772) Inkel und Yanko, a reworked story borrowed from The Spectator (No. 11, March 13, 1711) Voltaire, Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne ("Poem on the Lisbon Disaster"), on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake; 180 lines, composed in December, 1755; FranceCandide: Book Summary and Study Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20110516051009/http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Candide.id-50%2CpageNum-35.html May 16, 2011 Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April – William Gifford (died 1826), English satiric poet and literary editor July 25 (probable year) – Elizabeth Hamilton (died 1816), Irish-born Scottish essayist, poet and novelist November 13 – Edward Rushton (died 1814), English poet, bookseller and abolitionist Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 26 – Gilbert West (born 1703), English poet c. April 1 – Stephen Duck (born 1705), English "thresher poet", by suicide Frehat Bat Avraham, Jewish Poet See also Poetry Poetry List of years in poetry Notes Category:18th-century poetry Poetry