1743 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Robert Blair, The Grave a work representative of the Graveyard poets movement Samuel Boyse, Albion's Triumph James Bramston, The Crooked Six-pence, published anonymously, attributed to Bramston by Isaac Reed in his Repository 1777; a parody of John Philips' The Splendid Shilling 1705, and that poem's text is included in this publication William Collins, Verses Humbly Address'd to Sir Thomas Hammer on his Edition of Shakespear's Works, published anonymously "By a Gentleman of Oxford" Thomas Cooke, An Epistle to the Countess of Shaftesbury Philip Doddridge, The Principles of the Christian Religion Robert Dodsley, Pain and Patience Philip Francis, translator, The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace, very popular translation, published this year in London (originally published in 1742 in Dublin; two more volumes, The Satires of Horace and The Epistles and Art of Poetry of Horace published 1746; see also A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace 1747)); Irish writer published in England Joseph Green (poet), "The Disappointed Cooper", mocking an old man's marriage to a woman half his age and criticizing the behavior of some New Light ministers; English Colonial America Aaron Hill, The Fanciad: An heroic poem, published anonymously David Mallet, Poems on Several Occasions Alexander Pope, The New Dunciad William Whitehead, An Essay on Ridicule André Philippe de Prétot, Le Recueil du Parnasse, ou, nouveau choix de pieces fugitives en prose & en vers, Paris: Chez Briasson, France Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 14 – Hannah Cowley (died 1809), English dramatist and poet June 20 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, (died 1825), English poet, essayist, and children's author November 18 – Johannes Ewald (died 1781), Danish national dramatist and poet December 10 – Johann Christoph Schwab (died 1821), German December 23 – Ippolit Bogdanovich (died 1803), Russian clas