1768 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

• Thomas Gray, Poems, including "The Fatal Sisters" and "The Descent of Odin"
• Lady Mary Montagu, Poetical Works
• Phillis Wheatley writes "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," in which she praised George III for repealing the Stamp Act.^[1] Wheatley would later become a strong supporter of the American Revolution.

[edit] Births

• William Shepherd
• November 18 — Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (died 1823)

[edit] Deaths

• August 17 (N. S.) — Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (born 1703)
• December 20 — Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (born 1692)
• Thomas Mozeen

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry