1625 in poetry

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Events

• John Milton enters Christ's College, Cambridge.

Works published

Great Britain

• Thomas Heywood:
  • Translator, Art of Love, publication year uncertain; published anonymously; translated from Ovid, Ars amatoria^[1]
• A Funeral Elegie: Upon the much lamented death of [...] King James^[1]
• Francis Quarles, Sions Sonnets (see also Sions Elegies 1624)^[1]

Other

• Honorat de Bueil de Racan, Les Bergeries, France
• Honoré d'Urfé, Sylvanire, France

Births

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

• Miguel de Barrios (died 1701), Spanish poet and historian
• Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (died 1698), Irish language poet
• John Caryll (died 1711), English poet, dramatist and diplomat
• Samuel Chappuzeau (died 1701), French scholar, author, poet and playwright
• Marusia Churai (died 1689), semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet and singer
• Jacques de Coras (died 1677), French poet and minister
• Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (died 1697), kabalistic writer and poet
• Katarina Zrinska (died 1673), Croatian noblewoman and poet

Deaths

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

• March 26 – Giambattista Marino (born 1569), Italian poet famous for his long epic L'Adone
• August 29 (bur.) – John Fletcher (born 1579), English dramatist and poet
• September – Thomas Lodge (born 1558), English dramatist, writer and physician
• September 20 – Heinrich Meibom (born 1555), German historian and poet
• October 10 – Arthur Gorges (born 1569), English poet, translator, courtier and naval captain
• Israel ben Moses Najara^[2] (born 1555), Hebrew poet in Palestine (Ottoman Empire)
• Adrianus Valerius (born 1570), Dutch

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature