1683 in poetry
# 1683 in poetry

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## Works published

### Great Britain

* Philip Ayres, Emblems of Love, later reissued under the title Cupids Addresse to the Ladies
* John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus: A pastoral history, posthumously published; edited by Izaak Walton
* Thomas D'Urfey, A New Collection of Songs and Poems
* Thomas Flatman, On the Death of the Illustrious Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert died November 29 of this year
* Robert Gould, Presbytery Rough-Drawn, published anonymously
* John Mason, Spiritual Songs; or, Songs of Praise to Almighty God upon Several Occasions, published anonymously
* John Oldham, Poems, and Translations
* Thomas Shipman, Carolina; or, Loyal Poems

### Other

* Benjamin Keach, Sion in Distress, or The Groans of the Protestant Church, English Colonial America
* Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Geistliche Lieder [...], German hymns; published in Rudolstadt

## Births

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

* March 1 – Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (died 1706), Indian-born Monpa Buddhist religious leader and Tibetan poet
* May 20 – Elijah Fenton (died 1730), English poet
* July 3 – Edward Young (died 1765), English poet

## Deaths

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

* December 9 – John Oldham (born 1653), English satirical poet and translator
* Katherine Austen (born 1629), English diarist and poet
