1748 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751
Years in literature:	1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751
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Years:	1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751

Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

• Robert Dodsley, first three volumes of A Collection of Poems (1748-58), reissued in 1751
• Mary Leapor, Poems upon Several Occasions (1748-51), posthumous
• James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, a mock-Spenserian poem, posthumous

[edit] Births

• January 1 — Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (died 1794)
• Henry Alline (Canada)
• Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (USA)

[edit] Deaths

• Christopher Pitt
• August 27 — James Thomson, 47, Scots poet and playwright who wrote the words to Rule Britannia
• Isaac Watts

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature