1806 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Sir Roger Newdigate founds the Newdigate Prize for English Poetry at the University of Oxford. The first winner is John Wilson ("Christopher North"). 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 and next revised the original, two-part 1798-1799 version. The book is not published in any form until shortly after his death in 1850. Following publication of Irish-born poet Thomas Moore's Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems, Francis Jeffrey denounces it in the July Edinburgh Review as "licentious". Moore challenges Jeffrey to a duel in London but their confrontation is interrupted by officials and they become friends. Elizabeth Bath, Poems, on Various Occasions James Beresford, The Miseries of Human Life; or, The Groans of Timothy Testy, and Samuel Sensitive, published anonymously Robert Bloomfield, Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry Lord Byron, Fugitive Pieces, including "The First Kiss of Love", published anonymously and privately printed; the author's first publication John Wilson Croker, The Amazoniad; or, Figure and Fashion, published anonymously Thomas Holcroft, Tales in Verse Walter Savage Landor, Simonidea James Montgomery, The Wanderer of Switzerland, and Other Poems Thomas Moore, Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems Thomas Love Peacock, Palmyra, and Other Poems Mary Robinson, The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs. Mary Robinson (posthumous) William Roscoe, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, a children's classic Sir Walter Scott, Ballads and Lyrical Pieces Jane Taylor and Ann Taylor, Rhymes for the Nursery, including "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Gazette Publications By Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Carlisle: Printed by Alexander & Phillips Thomas Green Fessenden: Democracy Unveiled, or, Tyranny Stripped of the Garb of Patriotism.