1732 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Colonial America Ebenezer Cooke (both attributed; also, see "Deaths" section below; also spelled "Cook"): "An Elegy on [. . .] William Lock" "In Memory of [. . .] Benedict Leonard Calvert Joseph Green, "Parody of a Psalm by Byles", a parody of Mather Byles' poetry Richard Lewis: "A Description of Spring" "Carmen Saeculare" attributed, "A Rhapsody" United Kingdom Anonymous, Castle-Howard, has been attributed to Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irwin Anonymous, Collection of Pieces Anonymous, The Gentleman's Study in Answer to the Lady's Dressing-Room, "By Miss W----" (a reply to Jonathan Swift's The Lady's Dressing-Room, also published this year) Robert Dodsley, A Muse on Livery; or, The Footman's Miscellany John Gay,Acis and Galatea: An English pastoral opera, Gay wrote the libretto for Handel's music George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose William King, The Toast: An epic poem, although the book claimed to be a translation from the Latin of "Frederick Scheffer", it was an original work by King George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, The Progress of Love, published anonymously John Milton, Milton's Paradise Lost, edited by