1719 in poetry

• Nicholas Rowe's widow receives a pension from King George I of Great Britain in recognition of her husband's translation of Lucan's Pharsalia, published complete posthumously this year (dated 1718) with a life of Rowe by James Welwood. ==Works published==

===United Kingdom=== , about 1718 • Joseph Addison: • The Old Whig. Numb. I, published anonymously on March 19 • The Old Whig. Numb. II, published anonymously on April 2 • Matthew Prior, Poems on Several Occasions, the book states "1718", but it was not ready for subscribers until March of this year (see also Poems on Several Occasions 1709) • Nicholas Rowe, ''Lucan's Pharsalia, Translated into English Verse'', dated "1718" • Ludvig Holberg, Pedar Paars, comic Danish heroic poem ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 28 – Johann Elias Schlegel (died 1749), German critic and poet • January 30 – Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (died 1783), German poet • April 2 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (died 1803), German poet • September 27 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (died 1800), German poet • November 4 – James Cawthorn (died 1761 in poetry), English poet and schoolmaster • Probable date – James Eyre Weeks, English poet ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 18 – Samuel Garth (born 1661), English physician and poet • May 29 – Joseph de Jouvancy (born 1643), French poet, pedagogue, philologist and historian • June 17 – Joseph Addison (born 1672), English essayist, poet, writer and politician ==See also==