1799 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.Events August 1 - British Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile is the subject of separate poems this year by English poets William Lisle Bowles and William Sotheby . December 20 - William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy first take up residence at Dove Cottage , Grasmere . William Wordsworth completes the first version of The Prelude , begun in 1798 . This version, in two parts, describes the growth of his understanding up to age 17, when he leaves home for the University of Cambridge . He will revise the poem more than once during his lifetime but not publish it. Months after his death in 1850 it will be published for the first time in its final version. The Monthly Magazine and American Review starts publication in the United States ; edited by Charles Brockden Brown , featuring articles on current events and science, poems, short stories , essays and book reviews; converted into American Review and Literary Journal in 1801 , when it becomes a quarterly.Works published in English United Kingdom ">English poetry">United Kingdom Mary Alcock , Poems William Lisle Bowles, Song of the Battle of the Nile , about Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile on August 1, 1798 Thomas Campbell , The Pleasures of Hope, with Other Poems George Huddesford , published anonymously: * Bubble and Squeak * Crumbe Repetita , sequel to Bubble and Squeak M. G. Lewis, editor and contributor, Tales of Terror , imitations, translations and other poems; poets included: Walter Scott, Robert Southey, John Leyden Sir Walter Scott: * Translated from the German of Johann von Goethe , Goetz of Berlichingen; with The Iron Hand * Anonymously published , An Apology for Tales of Terror , also attributed to M. G. Lewis William Sotheby, The Battle of the Nile , about Nelson's defeat of the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile on August 1, 1798 Robert Southey , Poems... The Second Volume , including the original Book 9 of Joan of Arc and new material (see also Poems 1796 Jane West * The Mother: a Poem in Five Books * Poems and Plays , vols 1 & 2United States ">American poetry">United States Richard Alsop , Lemuel Hopkins and Theodore Dwight , The Political Greenhouse , popular satirical verse with a Federalist attack on Thomas Jefferson , Democratic Republicans, France and Jacobins ; first appeared in the Connecticut Courant ; quoted in Congress Sarah Wentworth Morton , The Virtues of Society , narrative poem about a wounded British officer and his wife; adapted from part of Beacon Hill 1797 Lindley Murray , editor, The English Reader; or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best Writers , fiction, nonfiction and poetryWorks published in other languages Tomás António Gonzaga , Marília de Dirceu , second part, Brazil in Portuguese Évariste-Désiré Parny , La Guerre des dieux , anti-Christian mock epic; FranceBirths Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article: March 12 - Mary Howitt , née "Botham" English poet , author of The Spider and the Fly April 17 - Eliza Acton , English poet and cook May 11 - Robert Charles Sands , American writer and poet May 23 - Thomas Hood , English humorist and poet; father of playwright and editor Tom Hood June 6 - Alexander Pushkin , Russian poet July 5 - John Abraham Heraud , English epic poet October 9 - Louisa Stuart Costello , English miniature-painter, poet, historical novelist and travel writer Also: * George Pirie , Scottish-born Canadian newspaper publisher and poet * Gu Taiqing , Chinese poet during the Qing Dynasty * Sukey Vickery , American novelist and poetDeaths Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
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