1722 in poetry

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Works published

 * Thomas Cooke, Marlborough, the Duke of Marlborough died June 16
 * Hildebrand Jacob, Bedlam, published this year, although the book states "1723"
 * Thomas Parnell, Poems on Several Occasions
 * Allan Ramsay, Fables and Tales
 * Elizabeth Thomas, Miscellany Poems on Several Subjects, published anonymously
 * Thomas Walter, The Sweet Psalmist of Israel, English, Colonial American

Births
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 * February 7 – Azar Bigdeli (died 1781), Persian anthologist and poet
 * February 26 – Mary Leapor (died 1746), English kitchenmaid poet
 * April 11 – Christopher Smart (died 1771), English poet
 * April 22 (bapt.) – Joseph Warton (died 1800), English poet and critic
 * December 1 – Anna Louisa Karsch (died 1804), German
 * Waris Shah (died 1798), Punjabi Sufi poet

Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * September 26 – Guillaume Massieu (born 1665), French churchman, translator and poet