1737 in poetry

Events

• March 2 - Samuel Johnson and his former pupil David Garrick leave Lichfield to seek their fortunes in London.
• English poet Richard Jago becomes curate of Snitterfield.

  Works published

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• Henry Carey, The Musical Century, in One Hundred English Ballads, with Carey's musical settings
• Stephen Duck, The Vision, on the November 20 death of Queen Caroline
• Richard Glover, Leonidas, in nine books
• Matthew Green, The Spleen, has been called his chief poem; with a preface by his friend Richard Glover
• Alexander Pope:
• * Horace His Ode to Venus
• * The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated
• * Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of his Friends, the first authorized edition
• * The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated
• * The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumes 5 and 6, letters
• Jonathan Swift, Poems on Several Occasions
• John Wesley and Charles Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns

  Other

• Ignacio de Luzán Claramunt de Suelves y Gurrea, Poética, work of criticism that gives classic rules in Spanish literary composition
• Prince Thammathibet, The Legend of Phra Malai, Thai

  Births

• January 3 - Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg, German poet and critic
• February 3 - Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, Colonial American poet and sponsor of literary salons
• Joseph Mather, English file cutter and songwriter

  Deaths

• January 21 - Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator
• February 20 - Elizabeth Rowe, née Singer English novelist, playwright and poet
• March 26 - Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
• October 18 - Abel Evans, English clergyman, academic and poet
• Matthew Green ; English poet