1857 in poetry

Works published

• Frederick Locker Lampson, London Lyrics (12 re-editions to 1893)
• Charles Baudelaire - Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil)

Births

• Jane Barlow, Irish poet
• Hubert N. W. Church, Australian poet
• John Davidson (died 1909), Scotish poet
• Benjamin Franklin King, American poet

Deaths

• May 2 - Alfred de Musset, French poet and novelist
• December 13 - Richard Furness, British poet

Date unknown:

• Dionysios Solomos, Greek

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry