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United Kingdom=== •
Lord Byron,
Hebrew Melodies, including "
She Walks in Beauty", "
The Destruction of Sennacherib" published in April with musical settings; though expensive at a cost of one guinea, over 10,000 copies sell; by summer, an edition of Byron's poems without the musical settings is published. •
Louisa Costello,
The Maid of the Cyprus Isle, and Other Poems •
William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper"),
Poems, by William Cowper, edited by John Johnson •
Robert Southey,
The Minor Poems of Robert Southey, a reprinting of
Poems 1796 and
Metrical Tales 1805 •
William Cullen Bryant, "To a Waterfowl", a widely popular and much anthologized poem in which the narrator's doubt and uncertainty is relieved by seeing a bird flying alone across the sky, inspiring belief in the guidance of God; later published in
The North American Review in March
1818;
Matthew Arnold called it "the best short poem in the language" •
Philip Freneau,
A Collection of Poems on American Affairs, two volumes of previously unpublished verses reflecting strong patriotism; released during the
War of 1812 •
Lydia Sigourney,
Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, the author's first published book
Other •
Ang Duong, "
Neang Kakey",
Cambodian verse melodrama composed in Thailand •
Theodor Körner (died 1813),
Poetischer Nachlass,
Germany ==Births==