1637 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1637 in poetry

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Events

After August 16 – Sir William Davenant becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Ben Jonson (on the death of Davenant in 1668, he is succeeded by John Dryden)

Sir William Alexander, Recreations with the Muses, contains Four Monarchicke Tragedies, Doomesday, A Paraenesis to Prince Henry (all previously published), and Jonathan: An heroicke poem^[1]
Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet writing in Latin
- Psalmorum Davidis paraphrasis poetica et canticorum evangelicorum, translation of the Psalms
- Deliciae poetarum Scotorum huius aevi illustrium, edited anthology
Thomas Jordan, Poeticall Varieties; or, Varietie of Fancies^[1] including "Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant" ("Let us drink and be merry")
Ralph Knevet, Funerall Elegies, elegies on Lady Katherine Paston^[1]
Shackerley Marmion, The Legend of Cupid and Psyche^[1]
Nathaniel Whiting, Le hore di recreatione; or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama^[1]

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Before July – Henry Adamson (born 1581), Scottish poet and historian
February 3 – Gervase Markham (born 1568), English poet and writer
May 29 – Jiří Třanovský, also known as "Juraj Tranovský" or "Georgius Tranoscius" (Latinized) (born 1592), Czech and Slovak hymnwriter, sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs"
July 26 – Philippe Habert (born 1604), French poet
August 10 – Edward King (born 1612), Irish poet writing in Latin in England; a friend of John Milton who writes "Lycidas" in his memory (contributed to Justa Edouardo King Naufrago, 1638); drowned in shipwreck in the Irish Sea
c. August 16 – Ben Jonson (born 1572), English playwright and poet
Johannes Narssius (born 1580), Dutch-born New Latin poet and physician

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

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