1777 in poetry

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Thomas Chatterton, Poems, supposed to have been Written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley, edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt
Edward Young, Night Thoughts, best-selling book of poems, popular into the 19th century and translated into many languages^[1]

Solomon Gessner, works, German-language, Switzerland; in two volumes, published this year and in 1777

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Thomas Campbell (died 1844), Scottish poet especially of sentimental poetry dealing with human affairs
John Blair Linn (died 1804), American^[3]

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January 30 – Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae (born 1726), German writer, translator and editor and composer
December 12 – Albrecht von Haller (born 1708), German
March 2 – Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford, (born 1717), English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician
Francis Fawkes (born 1720), English poet and translator
Alexander Sumarokov (born 1717), Russian poet and playwright
Christoph Friedrich Wedekind (born 1709), German
Johann Gottlieb Willamov (born 1736), German

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^ Carruth, Gorton, The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, ninth edition, HarperCollins, 1993
^ ^a ^b Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
^ Web page titled "American Poetry Full-Text Database / Bibliography" at University of Chicago Library website, retrieved March 4, 2009

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