Poems Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, The Return of the Guards, and Other Poems John Henry Newman, The Dream of Gerontius Christina Rossetti, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, first series, including "Dolores" (second series, 1878; third series, 1889) Benjamin Thorpe, assisted by Elise Otté, translation of the Poetic Edda as Edda Sæmundar Hinns Frôða: the Edda of Sæmund the Learned, from the old Norse or Icelandic George Yeld, Virgil reading his Æneid to Augustus and Octavia United States Elizabeth Akers, Poems George Arnold, Drift: A Sea-Shore Idyl Fitz-Greene Halleck, Lines to the Recorder Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War George Henry Miles, Christine John Greenleaf Whittier: Snow-Bound, United States "Abraham Davenport", poem published in The Atlantic Monthly in May (text), about an incident involving Abraham Davenport Works published in other languages French France Théodore de Banville, Les Exilés François Coppée, Le Reliquaire Paul Verlaine, Poèmes saturniens, including "Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") Le Parnasse contemporain ("The Contemporary Parnassus"), first of three volumes (Volume II 1871, Volume III 1876), including poems by Théophile Gautier, Théodore de Banville, Leconte de Lisle, Baudelaire, José-Maria de Heredia, François Coppée, Catulle Mendès, Sully Prudhomme, Paul Verlaine and Mallarmé Belgium Baudelaire, Les Épaves, French poet published in Belgium Other languages Girolamo de Rada, Rapsodi të një poeme arbëreshe, Arbëresh Estanislao del Campo, Fausto, satirical poem describing the impressions of a gaucho who attends Charles Gounod's opera Faust, and believes the events on stage to be happening in reality; Spanish-language, Argentina; an example of Gaucho literature Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 20 January – Richard Le Gallienne (died 1947), English poet 30 January – Gelett Burgess (died 1951), American humorist and poet 2 March – John Gray (died 1934), English aesthetic poet 11 April – Bernard O'Dowd (died 1953), Australian poet and co-founder of paper Tocsin 5 June – Edmund Vance Cooke (died 1932), Canadian-born American poet 16 August – Dora Sigerson (died 1918), Irish poet 12 November – (died 1938), Italian poet and children's writer 3 December – Ethna Carbery, born Anna Johnston (died 1902), Irish poet 12 December – Edwin Greenslade Murphy (died 1939), Australian poet Barcroft Blake (died 1892), Australian poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 23 January – Thomas Love Peacock (born 1785), English satirical novelist and poet 31 January – Friedrich Rückert (born