1792 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1792 in poetry

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Events

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]

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]
Rhijnvis Feith, Het Graf ("The Grave"), in four cantos, Netherlands

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January 1 – Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (died 1842), Norwegian poet, 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 – Andreas Kalvos (Ἀνδρέας Κάλβος, died 1869), Greek Romantic poet, writer and translator
April 25 – John Keble (died 1866), English churchman and poet
May 4 – Dorothea Primrose Campbell (died 1863), Scottish poet 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

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January – Jenny Clow ("Clarinda") (born 1766), Scottish domestic servant, a mistress and muse of Robert Burns, of tuberculosis
John Edwards (born 1747), Welsh
Georg Luis (born 1714), German

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 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
^ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books

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