1685 in poetry

Works published

[[Colonial American literature|Colonial America]]

• Cotton Mather, An Elegy [...] on Nathanael Collins, English Colonial America (Massachusetts)

[[German poetry|Germany]]

• Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German:
  • Kuhlwasser in grosser Hitze des Creutzes, hymns; published in Rudolstadt
  • Tägliches Morgen- Mittags- und Abendopfer, hymns; published in Rudolstadt

[[English poetry|Great Britain]]

• Henry Bold, translator, Latine Songs, with their English: and Poems, includes "Chevy Chase", a ballad, and Sir John Suckling's poem "Why so pale and wan fond lover?"
• John Cutts, (later Baron Cutts), La Muse de Cavalier; or, An Apology for such gentleman as make poetry their diversion, not their business in a letter by a scholar of Mars to one of Apollo, published anonymously
• Sir William Davenant, The Seventh and Last Canto of the Third Book of Gondibert, published posthumously (see Gondibert 1651)
• John Dryden and Jacob Tonson, Sylvae; or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, the second in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson; has translations from Virgil, Lucretius, Theocritus and Horace, mostly by Dryden (see also Miscellany Poems 1684, Examen Poeticum 1693, Annual Miscellany 1694, Poetical Miscellanies: Fifth Part 1704, Sixth Part 1709)
• Nahum Tate, Poems by Several Hands, and on Several Occasions
• Edmund Waller, Divine Poems
• Samuel Wesley, Maggots; or, Poems on Several Subjects, Never Before Handled, published anonymously
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions. Written by a late Person of Honour, London: Printed for A. Thorncome, posthumously published

English verses on the death of Charles II and coronation of James II

Charles II of England died on February 6; James II of England was crowned on April 23:

• Edmund Arwaker:
  • The Vision
  • The Second Part of The Vision, a Pindarick Ode, on the coronation of James II
• Aphra Behn:
  • A Pindarick on the Death of Our Late Sovereign
  • A Pindarick Poem on the Happy Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty James II
• John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis, on the death of Charles II
• Thomas Otway, Windsor Castle, on the death of Charles II; Otway died in April

[[Gujarati literature|Gujarat]]

• Premanand Bhatt, Nalākhyān, Gujarati

[[Norwegian literature|Norway]]

• Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Taare-Offer, Norwegian

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 10 – Aaron Hill (died 1750), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
• June 30 – John Gay (died 1732), English poet and dramatist
• December 17 – Thomas Tickell (died 1740), English poet and man of letters
• Mary Barber (died 1755), English poet and member of Jonathan Swift's circle
• Jane Brereton (died 1740), English poet notable as a correspondent to The Gentleman's Magazine
• William Diaper (died 1717), English poet of the Augustan era
• William Harrison (died 1713), English poet and diplomat

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 18 – Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (born 1633), Anglo-Irish poet
• June 16 – Anne Killigrew (born 1660), English poet and painter
• July 1 – Nalan Xingde (born 1655), Chinese Qing dynasty poet most famous for his ci poetry
• October 12 – Gerard Brandt (born 1626), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
• Francesc Fontanella (born 1622), Catalan poet, dramatist and priest

Notes

References

1. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
2. 978-0-8337-4046-5, retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010
3. link. (August 8, 2010 2009-05-02.)
4. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6