1750 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.Events
- Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for "On the Attributes of the Supreme Being"
Works published
- William Collins, The Passions: An ode
- Thomas Cooke, An Ode on Moartial Virtue, published anonymously
- Robert Dodsley, The Oeconomy of Human Life, published anonymously; has also been attributed to Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield; published this year, although the book states "1751"
- Mary Jones, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
- Charlotte Lennox, The Art of Coquetry
- James Thomson, Poems on Several Occasions, posthumous
- Thomas Warton, the younger, New-market, published anonymously this year, although the book states "1751"
- Edward Young, The Complaint; or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality, published anonymously; the collected edition of Nights, Books 1-9
Births
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- April 24 - John Trumbull, American poet
- June 19 - Lemuel Hopkins, American poet and satirist
- July 30 - John Taylor, English businessman, poet and Unitarian hymn writer
- September 5 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet
- September 18 - Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet
- October 31 - Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Portuguese poet
- November 7 - Count Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet
- December 8 - Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish poet and author of the ballad "Auld Robin Gray"
Deaths
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