1785 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
	... 1775 . 1776 . 1777 . 1778 . 1779 . 1780 . 1781 ...; 1782 1783 1784 -1785- 1786 1787 1788; ... 1789 . 1790 . 1791 . 1792 . 1793 . 1794 . 1795 ... In literature: 1782 1783 1784 -1785- 1786 1787 1788
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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William Cowper, The Task, in 6 Books
Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sonnets and other Poems, published anonymously^[1]
William Combe, The Royal Dream; or, The P[rince] in a Panic, published anonymously^[1]
William Cowper, The Task, Volume 2 of Poems, in addition to the title poem, the book includes "The History of John Gilpin" (a poem first published in 1782), "An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.", "Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools" (first volume of Poems published 1782, Poems 1815)
George Crabbe, The News-Paper^[1]
William Hayley, A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old Maids^[1]
Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson, poetry and prose in 11 volumes (another two volumes published in 1787 and another in 1788)^[1]
Hannah More, Sensibility: A Poetical Epistle, United Kingdom^[2]
Edward Lovibond, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar":
- The Lousiad, Canto 1 (Canto 2 published 1787, Canto 3 in 1791, Canto 4 in 1792, Canto 5 in 1795)^[1]
- Lyric Odes, for the Year 1785^[1]
Robert Burns, "To A Mouse", "Halloween"
Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Several Occasions^[1]

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

January 13 - Samuel Woodworth, (died 1842), American author, literary journalist, playwright, librettist, and poet^[4]
March 7 - Alessandro Manzoni (died 1873), Italian poet and novelist
April 4 - Bettina von Arnim (died 1859), German writer, poet, composer and novelist
October 18 - Thomas Love Peacock (died 1866), English satirist and writer
November 13 - Lady Caroline Lamb (died 1828), English aristocrat, novelist and poet

- Bhojo Bhagat (died 1850), Indian, Gujarati-language devotional poet^[5]
- Gopala Krishna Pattanayak (died 1862), Indian, Oriya-language poet^[6]
- John Pierpont (died 1866), American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant, and Congregational minister

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
↑ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
↑ Giovanni Bach, Richard Beck, Adolph B. Benson, Axel Johan Uppvall, and others, translated in part and edited by Frederika Blankner, The History of the Scandinavian Literatures: A Survey of the Literatures of the Norway, Sweden, Denamark, Iceland and Finland From Their Origins to the Present Day, p 179, Dial Press, 1938, New York
↑ Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009
↑ Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 9780313287787, retrieved December 10, 2008
↑ Das, Sisir Kumar, "A Chronology of Literary Events / 1911–1956", in Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008

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