1792 in poetry
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- William Blake, Song of Liberty
- Maria Cowper, Original Poems on Various Occasions, a cousin of William Cowper, who helped her revise poems before publication
- Edward Jenningham, Stone Henge
- Janet Little, The Poetical Works of Janet Little, the Scotch Milkmaid
- Samuel Rogers, The Pleasures of Memory, 15 editions by 1806
Other
- Tomás António Gonzaga, 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
- Thomas Odiorne, "The Progress of Refinement", philosophical long poem on man and nature, a precursor to later Romantic poetry, United States
- Rhijnvis Feith, Het Graf, in four cantos, Netherlands
Births
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- January 1 - Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge
- February 10 - Ioan Tegid, Welsh clergyman, scholar and poet
- March 7 - John Herschel, English polymath
- April 1 - Andreas Kalvos, Greek Romantic poet, writer and translator
- April 25 - John Keble, English churchman and poet
- May 4 - Dorothea Primrose Campbell, Scottish poet and novelist
- August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Romantic poet and radical
- December 18 - William Howitt, English historical writer and poet
- December 27 - Pietro Zorutti, Friulian poet
Deaths
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