1788 in poetry
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United Kingdom">English poetry">United Kingdom
This year three works of poetry, all written by women, condemn slavery; while Samuel Pratt is an early advocate of animal rights:
- Henry Cary, Sonnets and Odes, the author turns 16 years old this year
- William Collins, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland
- William Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously
- Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
- * Poems
- * Poems on Slavery
- James Hurdis, The Village Curate
- Robert Merry, writing under the pen name "Della Crusca", Diversity
- Hannah More, Slavery: A Poem
- "Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
- Samuel Jackson Pratt, Sympathy
- William Whitehead, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William Mason
- John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables
- Ann Yearsley, A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade
United States">American poetry">United States
- Timothy Dwight, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem", satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestley and their followers
- Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems
- Francis Hopkinson:
- * An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- * Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano
- Peter Markoe:
- * "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people
- * "The Storm", attributed to Markoe
- William Roscoe, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem
- Susanna Rowson:
- *Poems on Various Subjects
- * A Trip to Parnassus
Works published in other languages
- Basilio da Gama, Relação abreviada da República e Lenitivo da saudade; Brazil
- Joseph Quesnel, Colas et Colinette, a comedy in verse, French language, published in Quebec, Canada
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 22 - Lord Byron, English poet and leading figure in Romanticism
- March 10 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet and novelist
- May 16 - Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages
- June - Eliza Townsend, American poet who published anonymously
- c. October 14 - Robert Millhouse, English weaver poet
- October 24 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- December 6 - Richard H. Barham , English poet, humorist and priest
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- March 29 - Charles Wesley, English Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
- June 12 - Johann Andreas Cramer, German poet, writer and theologian
- July 5 - Mather Byles,, English Colonial American clergyman and poet
- July 31 - Thomas Russell, English poet whose Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems are posthumously published in 1789
- October 13 - Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician
- October 28 - William Julius Mickle, Scottish-born poet
- Giulio Variboba, Arbëresh poet
