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1676 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

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Works published

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Great Britain

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  • Thomas Hobbes, translator, Homer's Iliads in English: To which may be added Homer's Odysses (Hobbes's translation of the Odyssey was published in 1675)[1]
  • Benjamin Tompson, New Englands Crisis. Or a Brief Narrative, of New-Englands Lamentable Estate at Present [...], reprinted for the most part in New-England's Tears for Her Present Miseries, also published this year; English Colonial America[2]
  • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
    • A New Collection of the Choicest Songs, including "While on those lovely looks I gaze," by John Wilmot, London[3]
    • year uncertain – Corydon and Cloris or, The Wanton Sheepherdess, a broadside, London[3]

Other

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Births

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Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Deaths

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Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  2. ^ a b Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.