1738 in poetry
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[edit] Events
Samuel Johnson's London proved popular enough for a second edition in the same year as the first
- During a visit to Morpeth this year, poet Mark Akenside gets the idea for his long didactic poem, The Pleasures of the Imagination, published in 1744.
[edit] Works published
- Samuel Johnson, "London"
- Jonathan Swift, "The Beasts' Confession"
[edit] Births
- Mary Darwall
- John Wolcot
[edit] Deaths
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

