1737 in poetry
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Events
- March 2 â Samuel Johnson and his former pupil David Garrick leave Lichfield to seek their fortunes in London.[1]
- English poet Richard Jago becomes curate of Snitterfield.
Works published
United Kingdom
- Henry Carey, The Musical Century, in One Hundred English Ballads, with Carey's musical settings[2]
- Stephen Duck, The Vision, on the November 20 death of Queen Caroline[2]
- Richard Glover, Leonidas, in nine books (expanded to 12 in 1770)[2]
- Matthew Green, The Spleen,[1] has been called his chief poem; with a preface by his friend Richard Glover (see also, "Deaths" below)
- Alexander Pope:
- Horace His Ode to Venus[2]
- The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated[2]
- Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of his Friends, the first authorized edition (see Letters of Mr Pope and Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence, both 1735)[2]
- The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated[2]
- The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumes 5 and 6, letters (see also Works 1717, 1735, 1736[2]
- Allan Ramsay, co-author and editor, The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English, composed or amended by Ramsay and his friends, the last of four volumes, with the first volume published in 1724[3]
- William Shenstone, Poems Upon Various Occasions, published anonymously; includes the earliest version of "The School-mistress", with 12 stanzas (expanded version in 28 stanzas published separately in 1742, the final version in 35 stanzas published in Volume 1 of Dodsley's Collection of Poems 1748)[2]
- Jonathan Swift, Poems on Several Occasions
- John Wesley and Charles Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns[4]
Other
- Ignacio de Luzán, Poética, work of criticism that gives classic rules in Spanish literary composition[1]
- Prince Thammathibet, The Legend of Phra Malai (à¸à¸£à¸°à¸¡à¸²à¸¥à¸±à¸¢à¸à¸³à¸«à¸¥à¸§à¸, Phra Malai), Thai
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 3 â Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (died 1823), German poet and critic
- February 3 â Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson (died 1801), Colonial American poet and sponsor of literary salons[5]
- May 18 â Gottlob Burmann (died 1805), German poet and lipogrammatist
- Joseph Mather (died 1804), English file cutter and songwriter
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 21 â Ignjat ÄurÄeviÄ (born 1675), Croatian poet and translator
- February 20 â Elizabeth Rowe, née Singer (born 1674) English novelist, playwright and poet (apoplexy)
- March 26 â Vakhtang VI of Kartli (born 1675), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
- October 18 â Abel Evans (born 1679), English clergyman, academic and poet
- Matthew Green (born 1696); English poet (see Works above)
