1792 in poetry

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Events

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

Births

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

Deaths

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

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry