1738 in poetry

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Samuel Johnson's London proved popular enough for a second edition in the same year as the first

Events

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Works published

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  • Mark Akenside, A British Philippic, published anonymously[1]
  • John Banks, Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose[1]
  • Mather Byles, On the Death of the Queen, English, Colonial America[2]
  • Elizabeth Carter, Poems Upon Particular Occasions, published anonymously[1]
  • Robert Dodsley, The Art of Preaching, published anonymously[1]
  • John Gay, Fables: Volume the Second (see also Fables 1727)[1]
  • Samuel Johnson, London, A Poem, on the Third Satire of Juvenal[1]
  • Alexander Pope:
    • The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated[1]
    • The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated[1]
    • One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight[1]
    • One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight: Dialogue II[1]
    • The Universal Prayer[1]
    • (see also Pope and Swift, below)
  • Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford (later Duchess of Somerset), writing as "The Right Hon. the Countess of ****", The Story of Inkle and Yarrico, includes "An Epistle From Yarrico to Inkle, after he had left her in slavery", an imitation of Alexander Pope's "Eloisa to Abelard", a part of his Works 1717)[1]
  • Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, An Imitation of the Sixth Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Pope's contribution was anonymous; Part 1, by Swift, had previously appeared in Miscellanies, "The Last Volume" (that is, Volume 3) 1727[1]
  • Jonathan Swift (see also Pope and Swift above), "The Beasts' Confession"[1]
  • James Thomson, The Works of Mr. Thomson[1]
  • John Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (first published in Charlestown 1737, see also A Collection of Psalms and Hymns 1741)[1]

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Deaths

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 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
  3. ^ Thomas, Calvin, A History of German Literature, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1909, retrieved December 14, 2009
  • [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto