1707 in Great Britain - Poetry and Songs

Poetry and Songs

See also: 1707 in poetry
  • Samuel Cobb, Poems on Several Occasions
  • Nahum Tate, The Triumph of Union
  • Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, the first of many editions throughout the 18th century and afterward; includes "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"
  • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester And Roscommon. With The Memoirs of the Life and Character of the late Earl of Rochester, in a Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarine. By Mons. St. Evremont, London: Printed & sold by B. Bragge; second edition in the same year, London: Printed for Edmund Curll (third edition, 1709)

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