1747 in poetry

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Thomas Gray, author of Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, published this year PortraitThomasGrayByJohnGilesEccart1747to1748.jpg
Thomas Gray, author of Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, published this year

Alas! regardless of their doom,

The little victims play;

No sense have they of ills to come,

Nor care beyond to-day:

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Yet, ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,

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And happiness too swiftly flies?

Thought would destroy their Paradise.
No more;—where ignorance is bliss,

'Tis folly to be wise.
Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (full text here)

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Events

Works published

The death of Alexander Pope from Musaeus, a threnody by William Mason, published this year. Alexander Pope dying.png
The death of Alexander Pope from Musaeus, a threnody by William Mason, published this year.

Works wrongly dated as 1747

Births

Tombstone of Gottfried August Burger, with his preferred birth date ("1 Jan'r. 1748"). Many scholars now accept December 31, 1747 Gottingen-Grave.of.Gottfried.August.Burger.01.jpg
Tombstone of Gottfried August Bürger, with his preferred birth date ("1 Jan'r. 1748"). Many scholars now accept December 31, 1747

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Birthdate of Gottfried August Bürger

Gottfried August Bürger (died 1794), German poet and author who wrote stories about Baron von Munchhausen, preferred to think of himself as being born on January 1, 1748, and so celebrated his birthdays on that date. His tombstone is inscribed with it, and many scholars have agreed with him over the generations. Many other scholars, including many modern sources, give December 31, 1747, as the day of birth, as birth records state.

Deaths

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See also

Notes

  1. Britton, Catherine (2012). Puss in Books. London: British Library. pp. 44–7. ISBN   978-0-7123-5882-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-860634-6.
  3. 1 2 3 Burt, Daniel S. (2004). The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   978-0-618-16821-7. Retrieved via Google Books.

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— Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, published this year

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