Joseph Dumbleton, "A Rhapsody on Rum", a popular, solemn poem by a Southern newspaper versifier describing how rum destroys a drinker; first published in the ' 'South Carolina Gazette' ' and reprinted in newspapers throughout English Colonial America[2]
Joseph Green, "Entertainment for a Winter's Evening," a satirical poem about Boston's first Masonic procession; published in Boston, Colonial America[3]
Anonymous, Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta ("I am talking about you, Malta"), Malta, approximate date
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 19 – Ōta Nanpo (大田 南畝), the most oft-used pen name of Ōta Tan, whose other pen names include Yomo no Akara, Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin 蜀山人 (died 1823), late Edo periodJapanese poet and fiction writer
^Gates, Henry Louis Jr (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers. New York: Basic Civitas Books. p. 10. ISBN978-0-465-01850-5.
^Thomas, Calvin (1909). A History of German Literature. New York: D. Appleton & Company. Retrieved 2009-12-14. German literature.