1751 in poetry

	… 1741; 1742; 1743; 1744; 1745; 1746; 1747; ; 1748; 1749; 1750; 1751; 1752; 1753; 1754; ; 1755; 1756; 1757; 1758; 1759; 1760; 1761 …;
	In literature 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science; +...

— Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, published this year

Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,

Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile

The short and simple annals of the poor.

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