1654 in poetry

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Works published

• Robert Aylet, Divine, and Moral Speculations in Metrical Numbers, Upon Various Subjects, including previously published verses along with "The Song of Songs" and "The Brides Ornaments", apparently published in this book for the first time^[1]
• John Playford, A Breefe Introduction to the Skills of Musick for Song & Violl, verse and music^[1]
• The Harmonie of the Muses; Or, The Gentlemans and Ladies Choisest Recreation, an anthology from nine contributors; includes several by John Donne, "Elegy XVII" (here titled "Loves Progress by Dr Don) and "Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed" (here titled "An Elegie made by J.D."), as well as Donne's "A Valediction: forbidding Mourning", "Loves Diet", "The Prohibition" and "The Will", with other poems also attributed to "J.D.", "Dr. Don" or "Dr. Joh. Don"^[2]

Births

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• Sir Richard Blackmore (died 1729)), English poet and physician

Deaths

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• February 8 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (born 1597), French writer and poet who wrote verses in both French and Latin
• Also:
  • Johann Valentin Andreae (born 1586), German
  • Giacomo Badoaro (born 1602), Venetian nobleman and poet
  • Germain Habert (born 1615), French churchman and poet
  • William Habington (born 1605), English poet
  • Alexander Ross (born 1591), Scottish poet, author and controversialist
  • Jean François Sarrazin (born 1611), French satirist and poet

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature

Notes