1756 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1756 in poetry

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

Works published

Isaac Bickerstaffe, Leucothoe, published anonymously^[1]
Francies Brooke, Virginia: A tragedy, a drama that contains poems^[1]
Richard Owen Cambridge, An Elegy Written in an Empty Assembly Room, a parody of Alexander Pope's Eloisa to Abelard^[1]
Thomas Cole, The Arbour; or, The Rural Philosopher, published anonymously^[1]
William Kenrick, Epistles to Lorenzo, published anonymously^[1]
William Mason, Odes^[1]
Edward Moore, Poems, Fables and Plays^[2]
Christopher Pitt, Poems [...] Together with The Jordan, "By the celebrated translator of Virgil's Aeneid", according to the book^[1]
Christopher Smart:
- Hymn to the Supreme Being^[1]
- Translator, The Works of Horace (see also Works of Horace, Translated into Verse 1767)^[1]
Joseph Warton, An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope,^[1] Volume 1 (Volume 2 published in 1782), criticism

Jacob Duche, "Pennsylvania: A Poem", English, Colonial America^[3]
Samuel Tilden, Tilden's Miscellaneous Poems, on Divers Occasions, Chiefly to Animate and Rouse the Soldiers, English, Colonial America, posthumously published^[3]

Solomon Gessner, Switzerland, German-language:
- Idyllen, versions of the work eventually appeared in English, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Czech (see also a second volume of Idyllen 1772)
- Inkel und Yanko, a reworked story borrowed from The Spectator (No. 11, March 13, 1711)
Voltaire, Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne ("Poem on the Lisbon Disaster"), on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake; 180 lines, composed in December, 1755; France^[4]

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

April – William Gifford (died 1826), English satiric poet and literary editor
July 25 (probable year) – Elizabeth Hamilton (died 1816), Irish-born Scottish essayist, poet and novelist
November 13 – Edward Rushton (died 1814), English poet, bookseller and abolitionist

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
^ Ward, Sir Adolphus William et al., editors, The Cambridge history of English literature, Volume 10, p 491, New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons (this edition; also Cambridge, England: University Press) 1913, retrieved via Google Books on January 10, 2010
^ ^a ^b Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
^ Candide: Book Summary and Study Guide Archived May 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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