1782 in poetry

Events

• August 18 - English poet and artist William Blake marries Catherine Boucher at St Mary's Church, Battersea. In the same year, he meets his future patron, John Flaxman.

Works published

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• William Cowper
• *The Diverting History of John Gilpin, published anonymously in the Public Advertiser on November 14
• *Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk
• *Poems
• John Freeth, Modern Songs, on Various Subjects
• William Hayley, An Essay on Epic Poetry in Five Epistles to Mason
• William Mason:
• *An Archaeological Epistle to Jeremiah Milles... Editor of a Superb Edition of the Poems of Thomas Rowley, attributed to Mason; written in the Rowleian dialect
• *King Stephen's Watch
• Hannah More, Sacred Dramas, Chiefly intended for Young Persons, published anonymously, went through 24 editions by 1829
• Edward Rushton, The Dismember'd Empire, published anonymously; attribution uncertain
• John Scott, The Poetical Works of John Scott
• John Walters, Translated Specimens of Welsh Poetry
• Joseph Warton, Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2, criticism
• Helen Maria Williams, Edwin and Eltruda
• John Wolcot writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", ''Lyric Odes, to the Royal Academicians''

Other

• Jacques Delille, Les Jardins, France
• John Trumbull, M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem in Four Cantos, a satirical poem about American Tories during the American Revolution, is published in completed form, United States
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Fischerin, Germany

Births

• January 30 - Ann Taylor, English poet and literary critic
• September 19 - Richard Lower, English dialect poet
• Irayimman Thampi, Indian Carnatic music composer and poet

Deaths

• April 12 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist
• August 27 - Henriette Louise von Hayn, German hymn writer