1774 in poetry

• During this year's harvest, 15-year-old Scottish farm labourer Robert Burns is assisted by his contemporary Nelly Kilpatrick who inspires his first attempt at poetry, "O, Once I Lov'd A Bonnie Lass". • Jacques Delille elected to membership in the Académie Française in large part due to his verse translation of the Georgics in 1769 ==Works published==

===Colonial America=== • Hugh Henry Brackenridge, "A Poem on Divine Revelation" • Samuel Occom, editor, A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs • William Dunkin, The Poetical Works of the Late William Dunkin, posthumously published; Volume 1 includes Latin and Ancient Greek poetry with English translations • Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation; a poem, published April 19 • Richard Graves, The Progress of Gallantry, published anonymously • Thomas Gray, The Poems of Mr Gray (posthumous) • William Mason, An Heroic Postscript to the Public, published anonymously • Hannah More, The Inflexible Captive: A tragedy • Samuel Jackson Pratt (as "Courtney Melmoth"), The Tears of A Genius, occasioned by the Death of Dr Goldsmith • Henry James Pye, Farringdon Hill • Mary Scott, The Female Advocate, a response to The Feminead 1754 by John Duncombe • Thomas Warton the Younger, History of English Poetry, in three volumes, published from 1774-1781 • William Whitehead, Plays and Poems by William Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat (see also Poems 1788) Other • Charles Batteux, Principes de la littérature, including Cours de belles lettres of 1765; criticism; France ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • June 3 – Robert Tannahill (died 1810), Scottish "Weaver Poet" • August 12 – Robert Southey (died 1843), English poet • November 4 – Robert Allan (died 1841), Scottish "Weaver Poet" ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • Early – Lady Dorothea Du Bois (born 1728), Irish poet and writer • c. January 29–February 5 – James Love, pseudonym of James Dance (born 1721), English poet, playwright and actor • May 11 – Charles Jenner (born 1736), English poet, novelist and Anglican cleric • August 14 – Johann Jakob Reiske (born 1716), German scholar and physician • October 16 – Oliver Goldsmith (born 1728), English writer and poet • October 17 – Robert Fergusson (born 1750), Scottish poet • November 25 – Henry Baker (born 1698), English naturalist, poet, sign-language developer • December 20 – Paul Whitehead (born 1710), English satiric poet • Khwaja Muhammad Zaman (born 1713), Indian, Sindhi-language poet ==See also==