1667 in poetry

• April 27 – The blind, impoverished, 58-year-old John Milton seals a contract for publication of his epic poem Paradise Lost with London printer Samuel Simmons for an initial payment of £5.^[1][2][3] The first edition is published in October^[2] in 10 books and sells out in eighteen months^[4] (second edition, in 12 books, published 1674).^[5]

• Nicholas Billingsley, Thesauro-Phulakion; or, A Treasury of Divine Raptures^[5]
• Charles Cotton, Scarronides; or, Virgile Travestie published anonymously (see also Scarronides 1665, 1665)^[5]
• Jeremias de Dekker (died 1666), Lof der Geldzucht ("In praise of avarice" - satire), Dutch
• Sir John Denham, On Mr Abraham Cowley His Death, and Burial Amongst the Ancient Poets^[5]
• John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis; The Year of Wonders, 1666^[5]
• John Milton, Paradise Lost^[5]
• Katherine Philips, Poems: By the most deservedly admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda, published posthumously^[5]

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• November 30 – Jonathan Swift (died 1745), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet
• John Pomfret (died 1702), English poet and clergyman
• Wali Mohammed Wali, also known as Wali Deccani and Wali Aurangabadi (died 1707), Indian, Urdu-language poet
• Ned Ward (died 1731), English satirical writer and publican

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• May 2 (O.S.) – George Wither (born 1588), English poet and satirist
• May 14 – Georges de Scudéry (born 1601), French novelist, dramatist and poet; elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry
• July 12 (bur.) – Jan Vos (born 1612), Dutch playwright and poet
• July 28 – Abraham Cowley (born 1618), English poet
• August 31 – Johann von Rist (born 1607), German poet, hymnodist and dramatist

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