- 1748 in poetry
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Works published
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Robert Dodsley , first three volumes of "A Collection of Poems" (1748-58), reissued in 1751
*Mary Leapor , "Poems upon Several Occasions" (1748-51), posthumous
* James Thomson, "The Castle of Indolence", a mock-Spenserian poem, posthumousBirths
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January 1 —Gottfried August Bürger , German poet (died 1794)
*Henry Alline (Canada)
*Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (USA)Deaths
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Christopher Pitt
*August 27 — James Thomson, 47, Scots poet and playwright who wrote the words to "Rule Britannia "
*Isaac Watts ee also
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Poetry
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature
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