1743 in Literature - Poetry

Poetry

  • Robert Blair - The Grave
  • Samuel Boyse - Albion's Triumph
  • James Bramston - The Crooked Six-pence (attrib.)
  • David Mallet - Poems on Several Occasions
  • Alexander Pope - The New Dunciad (revised version)

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