1762 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Colonial America

 * James Bowdoin, four poems in the anthology Harvard Verses presented to George III in an attempt to gain royal support for Harvard College
 * Thomas Godfrey, "The Court of Fancy: A Poem", English, Colonial America
 * Francis Hopkinson:
 * "An Exercise"
 * "Science: A Poem"
 * A Collection of Psalm Tunes

United Kingdom

 * James Boswell, The Cub at Newmarket, published by James Dodsley
 * Elizabeth Carter, Poems on Several Occasions
 * Charles Churchill, The Ghost, Books I-III (followed by Book IV in 1763)
 * Mary Collier, Poems, on Several Occasions
 * John Cunningham, The Contemplatist
 * Thomas Denton, The House of Superstition, prefixed to William Gilpin's Lives of the Reformers, written in imitation of Edmund Spenser
 * William Falconer, The Shipwreck (revised in 1764 and 1769)
 * Edward Jerningham, The Nunnery: An elegy in imitation of the Elegy in a Churchyard, an imitation of Thomas Gray
 * James Macpherson, Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem [...] Together with several other poems translated from the Galic language (see also Fragment of Ancient Poetry 1760, and Temora 1763)
 * John Ogilvie, Poems on Various Subjects
 * William Whitehead, A Charge to the Poets
 * Edward Young, Resignation, published anonymously; first privately printed 1761

Other

 * Tomás António Gonzaga, Marília de Dirceu, Portuguese
 * Giulio Variboba, Ghiella e Shën Mëriis Virghiër, Arbëresh

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 25 (bapt.) – Susanna Rowson (died 1824), English-American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator
 * c. March or October – Thomas Russell (died 1788), English poet
 * September 11 – Joanna Baillie (died 1851), Scottish poet and dramatist
 * September 24 – William Lisle Bowles (died 1850), English poet and critic
 * October 21 – George Colman the Younger (died 1837), English dramatist and miscellaneous writer
 * October 30 – André Chénier (guillotined 1794), French poet
 * November 30 – Samuel Egerton Brydges (died 1837), English bibliographer, writer, poet, genealogist and politician
 * Approximate date – James Bisset (died 1832), Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * June 26 – Luise Gottsched (born 1713), German poet
 * August 21 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (born 1689), English aristocrat and writer
 * October 20 (bur.) – Mary Collier (born 1688), English poet and washerwoman