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1703 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

  • Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
  • William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony[1]
  • Daniel Defoe:
    • A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
    • A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe[1]
    • More Reformation: A satyr upon himself[1]
  • Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre[1]
  • Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously[1]

Births

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

  • March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (died 1768), Russian poet
  • June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesley (died 1791), English cleric and Christian theologian, founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
  • October 2 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼 (died 1775), Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet (a woman)
  • Date unknown – Gilbert West (died 1756), English poet and translator
  • Approximate date

Deaths

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

  • October 14 - Thomas Kingo (born 1634), Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  2. ^ >Sambrook, James (2004). "Boyse, Samuel (1702/3?–1749)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3152. Retrieved 2013-12-03. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  • [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
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