title: 1623 in poetry
text: # 1623 in poetry
  
  Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
  
  ## Events
  
  * Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski is appointed poeta laureatus by the Pope
  
  ## Works published
  
  ### Great Britain
  
  * John Abbot, Jesus Preffigured; or, A Poem of the Holy Name of Jesus in Five Bookes, only two of the five books were published
  * Robert Aylet, Joseph; or, Pharoah's Favourite [sic], published anonymously
  * Samuel Daniel, The Whole Workes of Samuel Daniel Esquire in Poetrie
  * William Drummond, Flowres of Sion (see also A Midnights Trance 1619)
  * George Wither, The Hymnes and Songs of the Church, published anonymously; music by Orlando Gibbons; there were several editions this year
  
  ### Other
  
  * Agrippa d'Aubigné, Nouvelle édition des Tragiques, France
  * Michelangelo Buonarroti, Rime di Michelagnolo Buonarroti raccolte da Michelagnolo suo nipote, Florence: Giunti; Italy
  * Martin Opitz, Lob des Feldlebens, Germany
  * Théophile de Viau, Les Amours tragiques de Pyrame et Thisbé, France
  
  ## Births
  
  Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
  
  * Mei Qing (died 1697), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet
  * Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (died 1673), English aristocrat, poet and writer
  
  ## Deaths
  
  Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
  
  * March 29 – Scévole de Sainte-Marthe (born 1536), French poet
  * April 21 – Nicolas Coeffeteau (born 1574), French theologian, poet and historian
  * July/August – Tulsidas, तुलसीदास, also known as Gosvāmī Tulsīdās and Tulasī Dāsa (born 1497 or 1532), Awadhi poet and philosopher
  * November – Giles Fletcher (born 1586), English poet chiefly known for the allegorical poem Christ's Victory and Triumph
  * Gaspar Aguilar (born 1561), Spanish poet and dramatist
  * Jean de La Ceppède (born 1548), French poet
  * Francesc Vicent Garcia (born 1582), Catalan poet
  * Alonso de Ledesma, (born 1552, according to many sources, or 1562, according to many others) Spanish
  * Hieronim Morsztyn (born 1581), Polish poet
  