included Lemuel Hopkins, H. H. Brackenridge (on the Indian War), Mason Cogswell, William Trumbull, Elihu Hubbard Smith; much of the contents consisted of pro-Federalist burlesques on social and political issues of the day; New York: "Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius" Joel Barlow, The Columbiad, expansion and revision of The Vision of Columbus 1787, in heroic couplets; in the poem, Barlow predicts the building of the Panama Canal, airplanes, submarines and an organization resembling the United Nations Other Adam Oehlenschlager, Nordiske Digte'' ("Nordic Poems"), including plays Denmark Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 27 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (died 1882), American poet and academic April 10 – Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (died 1831), Indian teacher and poet August 31 – Thomas Miller (died 1874), English "ploughman poet" and novelist September 9 – Richard Chenevix Trench (died 1886), Anglo-Irish Anglican archbishop and poet October 18 – Thomas Holley Chivers (died 1858), American physician and poet November 16 – Jónas Hallgrímsson (died 1845), Icelandic poet November 17 – Vladimir Benediktov (died 1873), Russian poet and translator December 17 – John Greenleaf Whittier (died 1892), American poet Also – Robert Montgomery (died 1855), English poetaster and clergyman Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: December 3 – Clara Reeve (born 1729), English novelist and poet December 21 – John Newton (born 1725), English Anglican clergyman, former slave-ship captain, author of many hymns, including "Amazing Grace" Approximate date – Magtymguly Pyragy (born 1724), Turkmen spiritual leader and poet See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature 19th century in literature 19th century in poetry Romantic poetry Golden Age of Russian Poetry (1800–1850) Weimar Classicism period in Germany, commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Friedrich Schiller, or 1832, with the death of Goethe List of poets Notes "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto 19th-century poetry Poetry