1808 in poetry

===United Kingdom=== 's own illuminated version • Christopher Anstey, The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey • Mary Matilda Betham, Poems a verse satire against the trade restrictions of Thomas Jefferson; Bryant's father had the poem published as a pamphlet, which gained regional popularity • David Hitchcock, A Poetical Dictionary; or, Popular Terms Illustrated in Rhyme, United States ==Works published in other languages==

• Jacques Delille, Les Troi Règnes; France • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, part I, Germany • Friedrich Hölderlin, "Der Rhein" and "Patmos", Germany ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • February 5 – Carl Spitzweg (died 1885), German romanticist painter and poet • March 22 – Caroline Norton (died 1877), English society beauty, novelist, poet, pamphleteer and playwright • March 25 – José de Espronceda (died 1842), Spanish • May 22 – Gérard de Nerval, pen name of Gérard Labrunie (died 1855), French essayist, translator and Romantic poet • May 31 – Horatius Bonar (died 1889), Scottish Free Church cleric and poet • June 11 – James Ballantine (died 1877), Scottish painter, author and poet • June 17 – Henrik Wergeland (died 1845), Norwegian poet, playwright, polemicist, historian and linguist • c. September 7 or 8 – William Livingston (Uilleam Macdhunleibhe) (died 1870), Scottish Gaelic poet • September 21 – Evan MacColl (died 1898), Scottish-born Canadian poet writing in Scottish Gaelic and English ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • July 26 – Jacob Bailey, (born 1731), Church of England clergyman and poet born in the future United States, immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1779 • September 5 – John Home (born 1722), Scottish poet and dramatist • November 4 – Melchiore Cesarotti (born 1730), Italian poet and translator • c. November/December – Nólsoyar Páll (born 1766), Faroese merchant and poet, lost at sea • date not known – Thomas Moss (born 1740), English clergyman and poet ==See also==