1704 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.Now the Assembly [the Kit-Kat Club] to adjourn prepar'd, When Bibliopolo from behind appear'd As well describ'd by th' old Satyrick Bard, With leering Looks, Bull-fac'd, and Freckled fair, With two left Legs; and Judas-colour'd [red] Hair, With Frowzy Pores, that taint the ambient Air. Sweating and Puffing for a-while he stood. And then broke forth in this insulting Mood: I am the Touchstone of all Modern Wit, Without my Stamp in vain your Poets write. Those only purchase everliving Fame, That in my Miscellany plant their Name.

Works published

, the "Kit-cat portrait", circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey Kneller • Joseph Addison, The Campaign, published this year, although dated "1705" • Edmund Arwaker, ''An Embassy from Heav'n; or, The Ghost of Queen Mary'' • Bernard Mandeville, Typhon; or, The Wars Between the Gods and Giants • William Wycherley, Miscellany Poems ==Births==

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 1 – Soame Jenyns (died 1787), English writer and poet • February 13 – Robert Dodsley (died 1764), English bookseller, poet, dramatist and anthologist • April 30 – Jean Adam (died 1765), Scottish poet • August 11 – James Miller (died 1744), English playwright, librettist, poet, satirist and clergyman • December 17 (bapt.) – Moses Browne (died 1787), English poet and clergyman • Also: • John Adams (died 1740), English Colonial American clergyman and poet • William Dawson (died 1752), English Colonial American clergyman, college president and poet • William Hamilton (died 1754), Scottish Jacobite poet ==Deaths==

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • March 29 – Naitō Jōsō (born 1662), Japanese Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of Bashō • July 24 – István Gyöngyösi (born 1620), Hungarian poet • September 7 – Benedetto Menzini (born 1646), Italian Roman Catholic priest and poet ==See also==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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