1722 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).

Events

Works published

Portrait of Allan Ramsay, painted this year by William Aikman

• Thomas Cooke, Marlborough, the Duke of Marlborough died June 16^[1]
• Hildebrand Jacob, Bedlam, published this year, although the book states "1723"^[1]
• Thomas Parnell, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
• Allan Ramsay, Fables and Tales^[1]
• Elizabeth Thomas, Miscellany Poems on Several Subjects, published anonymously^[1]
• Thomas Walter, The Sweet Psalmist of Israel, English, Colonial American^[2]

Births

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

• February 7 – Azar Bigdeli (died 1781), Persian anthologist and poet
• February 26 – Mary Leapor (died 1746), English kitchenmaid poet
• April 11 – Christopher Smart (died 1771), English poet
• April 22 (bapt.) – Joseph Warton (died 1800), English poet and critic
• December 1 – Anna Louisa Karsch (died 1804), German
• Waris Shah (died 1798), Punjabi Sufi poet

Deaths

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

• September 26 – Guillaume Massieu (born 1665), French churchman, translator and poet

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

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