1792 in poetry
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Works published
United Kingdom
- William Blake, Song of Liberty
- Maria Cowper, Original Poems on Various Occasions, a cousin of William Cowper, who helped her revise poems before publication[1]
- Edward Jenningham, Stone Henge[1]
- Janet Little, The Poetical Works of Janet Little, the Scotch Milkmaid[1]
- Samuel Rogers, The Pleasures of Memory, 15 editions by 1806[1]
Other
- Tomás António Gonzaga (as 'Dirceu'), Marília de Dirceu, first part, Brazil in Portuguese
- Francis Hopkinson, The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, poetry and prose, posthumous, United States[2]
- Thomas Odiorne, "The Progress of Refinement", philosophical long poem on man and nature, a precursor to later Romantic poetry, United States[3]
- Netherlands
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 1 – Norwegianpoet, dramatist and judge
- February 10 – Ioan Tegid (John Jones, died 1852), Welsh clergyman, scholar and poet
- March 7 – John Herschel (died 1871), English polymath
- April 1 – GreekRomantic poet, writer and translator
- April 25 – John Keble (died 1866), English churchman and poet
- May 4 – Scottishpoet and novelist
- August 4 – Percy Bysshe Shelley (died 1822), English Romantic poet and radical
- December 18 – William Howitt (died 1879), English historical writer and poet
- December 27 – Pietro Zorutti (Pieri Çorut, died 1867), Friulian poet
- Nodira (killed 1842), Uzbek poet and stateswoman
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January – Scottish domestic servant, a mistress and muse of Robert Burns, of tuberculosis
- John Edwards (born 1747), Welsh
- German
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books