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, Poems in Two Volumes
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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IrelandIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
- Thomas MooreThomas MooreThomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
, Irish Melodies, Irish poet published in the United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - Sydney Owenson (later Lady Morgan), The Lay of an Irish Harp; or, Metrical Fragments, Irish poet published in the United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
United KingdomEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Eaton Stannard BarrettEaton Stannard BarrettEaton Stannard Barrett was an Irish poet and author.-Career:Born in County Cork, Barrett studied law at Middle Temple, London. He is best known for his satirical poems about British political figures. The lines on the headstone of Thomas Moore’s daughter, usually ascribed to Joseph Atkinson, are...
, writing under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Polypus", All the Talents: A satirical poem, the book went through 19 editions this year - Samuel Egerton BrydgesSamuel Egerton BrydgesSir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818....
, Poems, the fourth, enlarged edition of Sonnets and other Poems 17851785 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Reverend Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate after the refusal of William Mason-United Kingdom:... - Lord Byron:
- Hours of Idleness, which will be attacked in the Edinburgh ReviewEdinburgh ReviewThe Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802, was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It ceased publication in 1929. The magazine took its Latin motto judex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur from Publilius Syrus.In 1984, the Scottish cultural magazine New Edinburgh Review,...
- Poems on Various Occasions, published anonymously, privately printed
- Hours of Idleness, which will be attacked in the Edinburgh Review
- George CrabbeGeorge CrabbeGeorge Crabbe was an English poet and naturalist.-Biography:He was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the son of a tax collector, and developed his love of poetry as a child. In 1768, he was apprenticed to a local doctor, who taught him little, and in 1771 he changed masters and moved to Woodbridge...
, Poems, including "The Parish Register", nine editions by 1817 - Richard CumberlandRichard CumberlandRichard Cumberland may refer to:* Richard Cumberland , bishop, philosopher* Richard Cumberland , civil servant, dramatist...
and Sir James Burges, The Exodiad - Catharine Ann Dorset, The Peacock 'At Home, published anonymously ("written by a lady"); for children; extremely popular; a sequel to William RoscoeWilliam RoscoeWilliam Roscoe , was an English historian and miscellaneous writer.-Life:He was born in Liverpool, where his father, a market gardener, kept a public house called the Bowling Green at Mount Pleasant. Roscoe left school at the age of twelve, having learned all that his schoolmaster could teach...
's The Butterfly's Ball, also published this year - James GrahameJames GrahameJames Grahame was a Scottish poet.He was born in Glasgow, the son of a successful lawyer. After completing his literary course at the University of Glasgow, Grahame went in 1784 to Edinburgh, where he worked as a legal clerk, and was called to the Scottish bar in 1795...
, Poems - Lady Anne Hamilton, The Epics of the Ton; or, The Glories of the Great World
- William HazlittWilliam HazlittWilliam Hazlitt was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. Yet his work is...
, editor, The Eloquence of the British Senate, published anonymously (anthology) - James HoggJames HoggJames Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English.-Early life:James Hogg was born in a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded...
, Thomas Mouncey Cunningham and others, The Forest Minstrel, includes poems published anonymously - James HoggJames HoggJames Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English.-Early life:James Hogg was born in a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded...
, The Mountain Bard - Thomas MooreThomas MooreThomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
, Irish Melodies - Sydney Owenson (later Lady Morgan), The Lay of an Irish Harp; or, Metrical Fragments
- William RoscoeWilliam RoscoeWilliam Roscoe , was an English historian and miscellaneous writer.-Life:He was born in Liverpool, where his father, a market gardener, kept a public house called the Bowling Green at Mount Pleasant. Roscoe left school at the age of twelve, having learned all that his schoolmaster could teach...
, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, first published in the Gentleman's Magazine in November 18061806 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Wordsworth completes his first revision of The Prelude: or, Growth of a Poet's Mind in 13 Books, a version started in 1805. It would be further revised later in his life. His work this year... - Charlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner Smith was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility....
, Beachy Head, with Other Poems - William SothebyWilliam SothebyWilliam Sotheby FRS was an English poet and translator.He was born into a wealthy London family, the son of William and Elizabeth Sotheby, and was educated at Harrow School and the Military Academy, Angers, France before joining the army at 17...
, Saul - Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
, editor, Specimens of the Later English Poets, published as a complement to George Ellis's Specimens of the Early English Poems, 17901790 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Henry James Pye became Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom...
; anthology - Henry Kirke WhiteHenry Kirke WhiteHenry Kirke White was an English poet, who died at a young age.White was born in Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he was himself intended. However, he was greatly attracted to book-learning...
, The Remains of Henry Kirke White, edited by Robert SoutheyRobert SoutheyRobert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...
(posthumous)
Wordsworth's Poems in Two Volumes
William Wordsworth'sWilliam Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads....
, Poems in Two Volumes
Poems in Two Volumes
Poems in Two Volumes was an 1807 publication by the poet William Wordsworth .It included many notable Wordsworth poems, including:* "Resolution and Independence"...
includes:
- "Resolution and IndependenceResolution and Independence"Resolution and Independence" is a lyric poem by the English romantic poet William Wordsworth, composed in 1802 and published in 1807 in Poems in Two Volumes...
" - "I Wandered Lonely as a CloudI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a poem by William Wordsworth.It was inspired by an April 15, 1802 event in which Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, came across a "long belt" of daffodils...
" (sometimes anthologized as "The Daffodils") - "My Heart Leaps UpMy Heart Leaps UpMy Heart Leaps Up When I BeholdMy heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began;So is it now I am a man;So be it when I shall grow old,Or let me die!The Child is father of the Man;And I could wish my days to be...
" - "Ode: Intimations of ImmortalityOde: Intimations of ImmortalityOde: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood is a poem by William Wordsworth, completed in 1804 and published in Poems, in Two Volumes . The poem was completed in two parts, with the first four stanzas written among a series of poems composed in 1802 about childhood...
" - "Ode to Duty"
- "The Solitary ReaperThe Solitary Reaper"The Solitary Reaper" is a ballad by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and one of his best-known works in English literature.'"The Solitary Reaper" is one of Wordsworth's most famous post-Lyrical Ballads lyrics...
" - "Elegiac StanzasElegiac StanzasElegiac Stanzas is a poem by William Wordsworth, originally published in Poems, in Two Volumes . Its full title is "Elegiac Stanzas, Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm, Painted by Sir George Beaumont."...
" - "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" is a sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning. It was first published in the collection Poems in Two Volumes in 1807....
" - "London, 1802London, 1802"London, 1802" is a sonnet by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. In the poem Wordsworth castigates the English people as stagnant and selfish, and eulogizes seventeenth-century poet John Milton....
" - "The world is too much with usThe world is too much with us"The World Is Too Much with Us" is a sonnet by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. In it, Wordsworth criticizes the world of the First Industrial Revolution for being absorbed in materialism and distancing itself from nature. Composed circa 1802, the poem was first published in Poems, In...
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United States
- Richard AlsopRichard AlsopRichard Alsop was an American merchant and author.Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father was also named Richard Alsop...
and others, The Echo, With Other Poems, anthology of poems by the Hartford WitsHartford WitsThe Hartford Wits were a group of American writers centered around Yale University and flourished in the 1780s and 1790s. Mostly graduates of Yale, they were conservative federalists who attacked their political opponents with satirical verse...
that had appeared in the American Mercury magazine from 1791 to 1805, the primary contributors were Richard AlsopRichard AlsopRichard Alsop was an American merchant and author.Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father was also named Richard Alsop...
and Theodore DwightTheodore DwightTheodore Dwight may refer to:* Theodore Dwight , Federalist member of U.S. Congress* Theodore Dwight , author, son of Theodore Dwight* Theodore William Dwight U.S. jurist...
; other contributors included Lemuel Hopkins, H. H. Brackenridge (on the Indian War), Mason Cogswell, William TrumbullWilliam TrumbullSir William Trumbull was an English statesman who held high office as a member of the First Whig Junto.-Biography:...
, Elihu Hubbard Smith; much of the contents consisted of pro-FederalistFederalistThe term federalist describes several political beliefs around the world. Also, it may refer to the concept of federalism or the type of government called a federation...
burlesques on social and political issues of the day; New York: "Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius" - Joel BarlowJoel BarlowJoel Barlow was an American poet, diplomat and politician. In his own time, Barlow was well-known for the epic Vision of Columbus. Modern readers may be more familiar with "The Hasty Pudding"...
, The Columbiad, expansion and revision of The Vision of Columbus 17871787 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Robert Burns:** Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect...
, in heroic couplets; in the poem, Barlow predicts the building of the Panama CanalPanama CanalThe Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...
, airplanes, submarines and an organization resembling the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Other
- Adam Oehlenschlager, Nordiske Digte ("Nordic Poems"), including plays Denmark
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- February 27 – Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
(died 18821882 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* William Allingham, Evil May-Day...
), American poet and academic - April 10 – Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (died 18311831 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* John Banim and Michael Banim, The Chaunt of the Cholera* Henry Glassford Bell, Summer and Winter Hours...
), IndianIndian poetryIndian poetry, and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Urdu. Poetry in foreign languages such as Persian and English also have a...
teacher and poet - September 9 – Richard Chenevix TrenchRichard Chenevix TrenchRichard Chenevix Trench was an Anglican archbishop and poet.-Life:He was born at Dublin, in Ireland, son of the Dublin writer Melesina Trench, his elder brother was Francis Chenevix Trench. He went to school at Harrow, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829. In 1830 he visited Spain...
(died 18861886 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Frederick James Furnivall founds the Shelley Society...
), Anglican archbishop and poet - October 18 – Thomas Holley ChiversThomas Holley ChiversThomas Holley Chivers was an American doctor-turned-poet from the state of Georgia. He is best known for his friendship with Edgar Allan Poe and his controversial defense of the poet after his death....
(died 18581858 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Cecil Frances Alexander, Hymns Descriptive and Devotional for the Use of Schools* Matthew Arnold, Merope...
), American physician and poet - December 17 – John Greenleaf WhittierJohn Greenleaf WhittierJohn Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets...
(died 18921892 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Butler Yeats founds the Irish Literary Society in Dublin....
, American - Also:
- Robert MontgomeryRobert Montgomery (poet)Robert Montgomery was an English poet, the son of Robert Gomery. He was educated at a private school in Bath, Somerset, and founded an unsuccessful weekly paper in that city. In 1828 he published The Omni-presence of the Deity, which hit popular religious sentiment so exactly that it ran through...
(died 18551855 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* Charles Heavysege:**The revolt of Tartarus, a poem in six parts ** Sonnets Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Robert Montgomery
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- December 21 – John NewtonJohn NewtonJohn Henry Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of...
(born 17251725 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Scottish poet James Thomson moves to London, where he continues writing verse and becomes a playwright, living first in East Barnet and later Richmond in 1736.* Edward Taylor, a puritan minister in...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
Anglican clergyman, former slave-ship captain, author of many hymns, including Amazing GraceAmazing Grace"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,... - date not known – Clara ReeveClara ReeveClara Reeve was an English novelist, best known for her Gothic fiction work The Old English Baron .Reeve was born in Ipswich, England, one of the eight children of Reverend Willian Reeve, M.A., Rector of Freston and of Kreson in Suffolk, and perpetual curate of St Nicholas...
(born 17291729 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Alexander Pope begins writing An Essay on Man. The first three epistles will be finished by 1731 and published in early 1733, with the fourth and final epistle published in 1734...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
novelist and poet
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 19th century in literature19th century in literatureSee also: 19th century in poetry, 18th century in literature, other events of the 19th century, 20th century in literature, list of years in literature....
- 19th century in poetry19th century in poetry-Decades and years:...
- Romantic poetryRomantic poetryRomanticism, a philosophical, literary, artistic and cultural era which began in the mid/late-1700s as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day , also influenced poetry...
- Golden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian PoetryGolden Age of Russian Poetry is the name traditionally applied by Russian philologists to the first half of the 19th century. It is also called the Age of Pushkin, after its most significant poet...
(1800–1850) - Weimar ClassicismWeimar ClassicismWeimar Classicism is a cultural and literary movement of Europe. Followers attempted to establish a new humanism by synthesizing Romantic, classical and Enlightenment ideas...
period in Germany, commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
, or 1832, with the death of Goethe - List of poets