Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events About this time Thomas Seaton established the Seatonian Prize at Cambridge University for religious poetry Works published Great Britain Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, posthumous edition edited by George Ogle Stephen Duck, Every Man in his Own Way Thomas Francklin, Of the Nature of the Gods, anonymously published translation from the Latin of Cicero's De natura deorum Sarah Parsons Moorhead, "Lines [. . .] Dedicated to the Rev. Mr. George Tennent", sharply criticizes the clergyman; English Colonial American Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, An Ode to Mankind, published anonymously William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules Leonard Welsted, The Summum Bonum; or, Wistest Philosophy John Wesley and Charles Wesley, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (see also Hymns and Sacred Poems 1739) William Whitehead, The Danger of Writing Verse Other Johann Jakob Bodmer, Kritische Betrachtungen über die poetischen Gemählde der Dichter a German-language critical treatise published in Switzerland Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 25 – Daniel Schiebeler (died 1771) German writer and poet April 11 – Johann Heinrich Merck (died 1791), German critic, essayist, editor, writer and poet November 15 – Johann Kaspar Lavater (died 1801), Swiss clergyman, philosopher, writer and poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 17 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (born 1671) See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature 18th century in poetry 18th century in literature Augustan poetry Scriblerus Club Notes 18th-century poetry Poetry