1826 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

United Kingdom

 * Bernard Barton, A Widow's Tale, and Other Poems
 * Robert Bloomfield, The Poems of Robert Bloomfield
 * Edward Lytton Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton), published anonymously, O'Neill, or, The Rebel
 * John Clare, The Shepherd's Calendar; with Village Stories and Other Poems
 * George Darley, Sylvia; or, The May Queen
 * Reginald Heber, Hymns
 * Thomas Hood:
 * The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies; Hero and Leander; Lycus the Centaur; and Other Poems
 * Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse, second series, poetry and prose (see also Whims and Oddities 1826)
 * May Howitt, and William Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam; The Emigrant; A Tale of the American Woods, and Other Poems
 * John Keble, published anonymously, The Christian Year, 100 editions were published by 1866
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon, writing under the pen name "L.E.L.", The Golden Violet, and Other Poems
 * Mary Russell Mitford, Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems
 * James Montgomery, The Pelican Island, and Other Poems
 * Robert Pollok, The Course of Time, Scottish
 * Agnes Strickland, The Seven Ages of Woman, and Other Poems
 * Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Tennyson, and Frederick Tennyson, published anonymously, Poems, by Two Brothers, despite the title, there were three authors
 * William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, text very much revised from Miscellaneous Poems 1820; see also Poetical Works 1836, Poetical Works 1840, and Poetical Works (Centenary Edition) 1870

United States

 * Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, "The Cities of the Plain", a narrative poem about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
 * Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems, the author's first book of poetry sold well and was praised by critics
 * Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane and Other Poems, initially published anonymously; the author's first poetry book; including "Visit of the Dead", "The Lake", "Evening Star", and "Imitation"
 * Lydia Sigourney, Poems
 * William Gilmore Simms:
 * Lyrical and Other Poems
 * Early Lays
 * Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sketches, the author's first poetry book; mostly Biblical paraphrases

Other in English

 * Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, Poems, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press; India, Indian poetry in English

Works published in other languages

 * Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"), the author's first major poetry collection, German author and poet living in France
 * Giacomo Leopardi, Operette Morali

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Rose Terry Cooke, American
 * Francis Miles Finch, American
 * John Hollin Ridge, American
 * John Townsend Trowbridge, American

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * November 10 – St. George Tucker, (born 1752), American poet, lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary
 * William Blake (born 1757), English poet and artist
 * George Canning
 * Charlotte von Stein (born 1742), German member of the court at Weimar, poet and close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, on whom she was a strong influence, and Friedrich Schiller
 * Carlos Wilcox (born 1794), American poet