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1787 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). April 17 – The Edinburgh edition of Scottish poet Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is published by William Creech including a portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth. Burns has great social success in the city's literary circles; 16-year-old Walter Scott meets him at the house of Adam Ferguson. On December 4 he meets Agnes Maclehose at a party given by Miss Erskine Nimmo. Robert Burns: Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (see also the editions of 1786, 1793) see also Richard Glover's The Scots Musical Museum, below Anne Francis, Charlotte to Werter Richard Glover, The Atheniad James Johnson, editor, The Scots Musical Museum, an anthology with 177 of the 600 songs written by Robert Burns, who had collected many of the others; published in six volumes from this year to 1803; Volumes 2–5 edited by Burns George Keate, The Distressed Poet Sophia Lee, A Hermit's Tale, published anonymously Robert Merry, Paulina; or, The Russian Daughter John Ogilvie, The Fame of the Druids, published anonymously Henry James Pye, Poems on Various Subjects, including "Aerophorion", possibly the first poem about an aviator (James Sadler (balloonist)) Edward Rushton, West-Indian Eclogues, published anonymously John Thelwall, Poems on Various Subjects John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Ode Upon Ode; or, A Peep at St. James Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Various Subjects Joel Barlow, The Vision of Columbus, nine books; describes America as prosperous and improving, seeks to promote "the love of national liberty" in Americans (revised as The Columbiad 1807) James Beattie, Poems on Several Occasions Peter Markoe, Miscellaneous Poems Jean-François Marmontel, Éléments de littérature, including rewritten parts of Poétique française (1763), French criticism Évariste-Désiré Parny, Chansons madécasses, prose poems (later set to music by Ravel; France Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 14 – Alexander Laing (died 1857), Scottish poet November 15 – Richard Henry Dana Sr.

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