1787 in poetry

none 1787 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events April 17 – The Edinburgh edition of Scottish poet Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is published by William Creech including a portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth. Burns has great social success in the city's literary circles; 16-year-old Walter Scott meets him at the house of Adam Ferguson. On December 4 he meets Agnes Maclehose at a party given by Miss Erskine Nimmo.Hecht Hans 1936 Robert Burns: The Man and His Work London William Hodge 106 Works published United Kingdom thumb|150px|Ann Yearsley, in an engraving published this year Robert Burns: Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (see also the editions of 1786, 1793)Cox, Michael The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature Oxford University Press 2004 0-19-860634-6 registration https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm see also Richard Glover's The Scots Musical Museum, below Anne Francis, Charlotte to Werter Richard Glover, The Atheniad James Johnson, editor, The Scots Musical Museum, an anthology with 177 of the 600 songs written by Robert Burns, who had collected many of the others; published in six volumes from this year to 1803; Volumes 2–5 edited by Burns George Keate, The Distressed Poet Sophia Lee, A Hermit's Tale, published anonymously Robert Merry, Paulina; or, The Russian Daughter John Ogilvie, The Fame of the Druids, published anonymously Henry James Pye, Poems on Various Subjects, including "Aerophorion", possibly the first poem about an aviator (James Sadler (balloonist)) Edward Rushton, West-Indian Eclogues, published anonymously John Thelwall, Poems on Various Subjects John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Ode Upon Ode; or, A Peep at St. James Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Various Subjects United States Joel Barlow, The Vision of Columbus, nine books; describes America as prosperous and improving, seeks to promote "the love of national liberty" in Americans (revised as The Columbiad 1807)Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books James Beattie, Poems on Several OccasionsLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Peter Markoe, Miscellaneous Poems Other Jean-François Marmontel, Éléments de littérature, including rewritten parts of Poétique française (1763), French criticismFrance, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 501, New York: Oxford University Press (1995) 0-19-866125-8 Évariste-Désiré Parny, Chansons madécasses, prose poems (later set to music by Ravel); FranceFrance, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 599, New York: Oxford University Press (1995) 0-19-866125-8 Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 14 – Alexander Laing (died 1857), Scottish poet November 15 – Richard Henry Dana Sr. (died 1879), American poet, critic and lawyer November 21 – Bryan Procter ("Barry Cornwall") (died 1874), English poet December 16 – Mary Russell Mitford (died 1855), English novelist, poet and dramatist Margaret Miller Davidson Sr. (died 1844), American novelist, mother of poets Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson and Levi P. Davidson Susanna Hawkins (died 1868), Scottish poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 13 – Ruđer Bošković (born 1711), Ragusan polymath and poet September 1 – Agatha Lovisa de la Myle (born 1724), Baltic-German and Latvian poet September – Moses Browne (born 1704), English poet and clergyman November 3 – Robert Lowth (born 1710), English Anglican Bishop, poet, professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, grammarian who wrote one of the most influential textbooks on English grammar December 18 – Soame Jenyns (born 1704), English writer and poet See also Poetry Poetry Notes Category:18th-century poetry Poetry *