1843 in poetry

• April 4 – William Wordsworth accepts the office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (following the death of Robert Southey on March 21) on being assured that it is regarded as a purely honorific position. ==Works published==

===United Kingdom=== • R. S. Hawker, Reeds Shaken with the Wind • Thomas Hood, "The Song of the Shirt", a poem (published in the Christmas issue of Punch) • Thomas Dunn English, "Ben Bolt", a popular ballad written for the New York Mirror and later set to music numerous times • James Russell Lowell, Miscellaneous Poems • Cornelius Mathews, Poems on Man in His Various Aspects under the American Republic • James Gates Percival, The Dream of a Day • Christian Winther, Til Een ("To Someone"); see also revised edition 1849; Denmark • Gonçalves Dias, "Canção do exílio", Brazil • Mikhail Lermontov, "Valerik", Russia, posthumously in the anthology Dawn • Betty Paoli, Nach dem Gewitter ("After the Storm"), Austria ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • February 24 – Violet Fane, pen name of Lady Mary Currie, née Mary Montgomerie Lamb (died 1905), English novelist, poet and essayist • May 3 – Edward Dowden (died 1913), Irish-born poet and critic • August 19 – Charles Montagu Doughty (died 1926), English poet, writer and traveller • December 7 – Helena Nyblom, née Roed (died 1926), Danish-born poet and writer of fairy tales • December 21 – Thomas Bracken (died 1898), Irish-born New Zealander • December 24 (December 12 O.S.) – Lydia Koidula, born Lydia Jannsen (died 1886), Estonian • Undated – Dimitrios Paparrigopoulos (died 1873), Greek ==Deaths==

's grave, St. Kentigern's Churchyard, Crosthwaite, Cumbria, England Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 11 – Francis Scott Key (born 1779), American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" • March 21 – Robert Southey (born 1774), English Poet Laureate • June 6 – Friedrich Hölderlin (born 1770), German lyric poet • July 9 – Washington Allston, 63 (born 1779), American poet and painter • December 11 - Casimir Delavigne (born 1793), French poet and dramatist ==See also==