1722 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725
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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 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

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