1883 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). William Allingham, The Fairies, including "Up the airy mountain ..."; reprinted from Poems 1850 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, The Wind and the Whirlwind Robert Bridges, Prometheus the Firegiver Robert Browning, Jocoseria George Meredith, Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Century of Roundels Francis James Child, editor, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, an anthology published in five volumes from this year to 1898 Mary E.
1877 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). In the annals of poetasting, 1877 stands out as a historic year. The most startling incident in my life was the time I discovered myself to be a poet, which was in the year 1877. So wrote William Topaz McGonagall (1825 –1902) a Scottish weaver, "actor", and "poet" who would become comically renowned as one of the worst poets in the English language. Also this year Poetaster Julia A.
1869 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). October 5 – Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed at Highgate Cemetery in London in order to recover the manuscript of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems buried with her. Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, Volumes 3 and 4 (Volume 3 published in January, Volume 4 in February; see also The Ring and the Book 1868) C. S. Calverley, Theocritus Translated into English Verse A.
1862 in poetryMine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. first stanza of Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic conceived as both poem and lyrics to a popular tune and first published in February in The Atlantic Monthly Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1944 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 1 & June 5 – The first and (modified) second lines respectively of Paul Verlaine's 1866 poem Chanson d'automne (Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne / Bercent mon cœur d'une langueur monotone.) are broadcast by the Allies over BBC Radio Londres among coded messages to the French Resistance to prepare for the D-Day landings (second broadcast at 22:15 local time).
1872 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). First printed version of the Thai epic Khun Chang Khun Phaen. Alfred Austin, Interludes Robert Browning, Fifine at the Fair C. S. Calverley, published anonymously, Fly Leaves Samuel Ferguson, Congal W. S. Gilbert, More "Bab" Balads (see also "Bab" Ballads 1869) Edward Lear, More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.
1942 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). March 28 – Spanish poet Miguel Hernández dies of tuberculosis as a political prisoner in a prison hospital having scrawled his last verse on the wall. April 3 – French poet Paul Éluard (Eugène Paul Grindel)'s poem "Liberté" is first published in the collection Poésie et vérité ("Poetry and truth") in Paris. In June it is reprinted by the magazine Fontaine, titled "Une seule pensée", to reach Vichy France.
1870 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1868 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Frederick James Furnivall founds the Chaucer Society James Anderson. Sawney's Letters, or Cariboo Rhymes.
1889 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 8 – English poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins dies aged 54 in Dublin of typhoid; he is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery; most of his poetry remains unpublished until 1918. December 12 – English poet Robert Browning dies aged 77 at Ca' Rezzonico in Venice on the same day his book Asolando; Fancies and facts is published; he is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey; Alfred, Lord Tennyson will be buried adjacently.
