1691 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Richard Ames:
- Benjamin Keach, Spiritual Melody[1]
- Nahum Tate, Characters of Vertue and Vice, a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices, a 1608 prose work[1]
- Edward Ward, The Poet's Ramble After Riches, published anonymously[1]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published[2]
Births
- Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (died 1754), Irish poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 1 – Sultan Bahu (born 1628), Muslim Sufi saint and poet
- October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet
- Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet
- Probable date – Samuel Pordage (born 1633), English poet and cleric
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.