1762 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

• Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Books I-III (followed by Book IV in 1763)
• William Falconer, The Shipwreck (revised in 1764 and 1769)
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, Marília de Dirceu
• James Macpherson, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem
• Edward Young, "Resignation"

[edit] Births

• September 11 - Joanna Baillie
• James Bisset (?)
• William Lisle Bowles
• André de Chénier, French poet (died 1794)
• Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges
• George Colman the younger
• James Hurdis
• Thomas Russell

[edit] Deaths

• Mary Collier (?)
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, of breast cancer

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry