1762 in poetry
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Works published
Colonial America">American poetry">Colonial America
- James Bowdoin, four poems in the anthology Harvard Verses presented to George III in an attempt to gain royal support for Harvard College
- Thomas Godfrey, "The Court of Fancy: A Poem", English, Colonial America
- Francis Hopkinson:
- * "An Exercise"
- * "Science: A Poem"
- * A Collection of Psalm Tunes
United Kingdom
- James Boswell, The Cub at Newmarket, published by James Dodsley
- Elizabeth Carter, Poems on Several Occasions
- Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Books I-III
- Mary Collier, Poems, on Several Occasions
- John Cunningham, The Contemplatist
- Thomas Denton, The House of Superstition, prefixed to William Gilpin's Lives of the Reformers, written in imitation of Edmund Spenser
- William Falconer, The Shipwreck
- Edward Jerningham, The Nunnery: An elegy in imitation of the Elegy in a Churchyard, an imitation of Thomas Gray
- James Macpherson, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem Together with several other poems translated from the Galic language
- John Ogilvie, Poems on Various Subjects
- William Whitehead, A Charge to the Poets
- Edward Young, Resignation, published anonymously; first privately printed 1761
Other
- Tomás António Gonzaga, Marília de Dirceu, Portuguese
- Giulio Variboba, Ghiella e Shën Mëriis Virghiër, Arbëresh
Births
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- February 25 '' - Susanna Rowson, English-American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator
- c. March or October - Thomas Russell, English poet
- September 11 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet and dramatist
- September 24 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic
- October 21 - George Colman the Younger, English dramatist and miscellaneous writer
- October 30 - André Chénier, French poet
- November 30 - Samuel Egerton Brydges, English bibliographer, writer, poet, genealogist and politician
- Approximate date - James Bisset, Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet
Deaths
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