1739 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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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

• Samuel Boyse, Deity^[1]
• Moses Browne, Poems on Various Subjects^[1]
• Mary Collier, The Woman's Labour: An epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck^[1]
• Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet, published in the United Kingdom:
  • An Epistle to the Right Honourable, Sir Robert Walpole, attributed to Nugent^[1]
  • An Ode on Mr. Pulteney, published anonymously^[1]
  • An Ode to His Royal Highness on His Birthday, published anonymously^[1]
  • Odes and Epistles, published anonymously^[1]
• Laetitia Pilkington, The Statues; or, The Trial of Constancy, published anonymously^[1]
• Elizabeth Rowe, Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse,^[1] including "The History of Joseph", English, Colonial America, posthumously published^[2]
• Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, Written by Himself, revised and expanded version of The Life and Genuine Character of Doctor Swift 1731
• John Wesley and Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems (see also A Collection of Psalms and Hymns 1741)^[1]
• Paul Whitehead, Manners: A Satire^[1]

Births

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

• March 24 – Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (died 1791), German poet, organist, composer and journalist
• Joseph Friedrich Engelschall (died 1797), German
• Twm o'r Nant, also known as Thomas Edwards, (died 1810), Welsh language dramatist and poet
• Edward Thompson

Deaths

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

• Hildebrand Jacob

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• Augustan poetry
• Scriblerus Club

Notes

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
2. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press

• "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto