1703 in poetry

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England

 * Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
 * William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony
 * Daniel Defoe:
 * A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
 * A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe
 * More Reformation: A satyr upon himself
 * Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre
 * Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (died 1768)
 * June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesley (died 1791), cleric and Christian theologian who was the founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
 * October 2 – Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼 (died 1775), Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet (a woman)
 * Also:
 * Henry Brooke (died 1783), Irish poet, novelist and dramatist
 * Robert Dodsley (died 1764), English bookseller, poet, dramatist and anthologist

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January - William Chamberlayne (born 1619), English poet and playwright
 * October 14 - Thomas Kingo (born 1634), Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer