1768 in poetry
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Events
Colonial America
- John Dickinson, "A Song for Freedom (Liberty Song)"[1]
- Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson, "The Dream of the Patriotic Philosophical Farmer", political verse advocating an American embargo on British goods, Colonial America[2]
- Milcah Martha Moore, "The Female Patriots. Address'd to the Daughters of Liberty in America, 1768", Colonial America[2]
- Phillis Wheatley writes "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," in which she praises George III for repealing the Stamp Act.[3] Wheatley would later become a strong supporter of the American Revolution.
- "The Liberty Song" appears on July 16 in the Boston Gazette, called "probably the first American patriotic song"[4]
United Kingdom
- Isaac Hawkins Browne, the elder, Poems Upon Various Subjects, Latin and English, edited by Isaac Hawkins Browne, the younger[5]
- Thomas Gray, Poems by Mr Gray, including "The Fatal Sisters", "The Descent of Odin", "The Triumphs of Owen" but not "A Long Story"[5]
- Richard Jago, Labour and Genius; or, The Mill-Stream, and the Cascade[5]
- Lady Mary Montagu, Poetical Works[5]
- Henry James Pye, Elegies on Different Occasions, published anonymously[5]
- Alexander Ross, The Fortunate Sheperdess[5]
- Christopher Smart, The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ[5]
- William Wilkie, Fables[5]
Others
- Ephraim Luzzato, Ele Bene Hane'urim ("These Are the Sons of One's Youth"), Hebrew poetry published in London in an edition of 100 copies; more than 50 poems, mostly sonnets in quantitative-syllabic meters; many subsequent editions and influential among Hebrew poets of the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement in the 19th century.[6]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- October 11 â William Shepherd, English dissenting minister, politician, poet and writer (died 1847)
- November 18 â Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (died 1823)
- Wang Zhenyi, Chinese Qing dynasty female poet and astronomer (died 1797)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 28 â Thomas Mozeen, English actor and songwriter (born 1720?)
- August 17 (N. S.) â Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (born 1703)
- December 20 â Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (born 1692)
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- French literature of the 18th century
- Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
- List of years in poetry
- Poetry