1700 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

• Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime".

• John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern (Dryden's final anthology)
• Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon Tea
• Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame

[edit] Births

• September 11 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (died 1748)
• John Dyer (born in either 1699 or 1700), Anglo-Welsh poet (died 1757)

[edit] Deaths

• May 12 - John Dryden, English poet (born 1631)