1725 in poetry

1725 in poetry

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Events

* Scot James Thomson moves to London, where he continues writing poetry and becomes a playwright, living first in East Barnet and later Richmond in 1736 [http://www.richmond.gov.uk/local_history_j_thomson.pdf] .

Works published

* Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's "Odyssey", Books I-III (with William Broome and Elijah Fenton), Books IV-V to follow in 1726
* James Thompson, "The Seasons", poem in blank verseGrun, Bernard, "The Timetables of History", third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328]
* William Thomson, compiler, "Orpheus Caledonius: or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs"
* Edward Young, "Love of Fame, the Universal Passion" (1725-28)

Births

* February 25 — Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (died 1798)
* John Newton

Deaths

* June 29 — Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, writer, and politician (born 1657)
* Alicia D'Anvers

ee also

*Poetry
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature

Notes

* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto


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