1742 in Literature - Poetry

Poetry

  • William Collins - Persian Eclogues
  • Thomas Cooke - Original Poems
  • James Hammond - Love Elegies
  • James Merrick - The Destruction of Troy
  • William Shenstone - The School-Mistress
  • William Somervile - Field Sports
  • Charles Hanbury Williams - The Country Girl: An ode
  • Edward Young - Night Thoughts

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