Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
English poet Francis Quarles attends on the newly-married Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia.Nicholas Breton, anonymously published, The Uncasing of Machivils Instructions to his SonneWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden, Tears on the Death of MoeliadesHenry Parrot, Laquei Ridiculosi; or, Springes for WoodcocksGeorge Wither:Abuses Stript, and Whipt; or, Satirical EssayesEpithalamia; or, Nuptiall Poems, the work states "1612" but was published this yearRichard Zouch, The Dove; or, Passages of CosmographySee also 1612 in poetry
The November 6, 1612 death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, at age 18, occasions these poems:
Thomas Campion, Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry, verse and music; music by Giovanni Coperario (or "Copario"), said to have been John Cooper, an EnglishmanGeorge Chapman, An Epicede or Funerall Song, the work states "1612" but was published this yearJohn Davies, The Muses-Teares for the Losse of their HopeWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden, Tears on the Death of MoeliadesJoshua Sylvester, Lachrimae Lachrimarum; or, The Distillation of Teares Shede for the Untimely Death of the Incomparable Prince Panaretus, originally published in 1612, the book went into its third edition this year, with Elegy upon [...] Prince Henry by John Donne added to this edition; (also includes poems in English, French, Latin and Italian by Walter Quin)La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea by Luis de Góngora y ArgoteDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 20 – Lucy Hastings (died 1679), Irish-born English poet and Countess of HuntingdonApril 21 (bapt.) – Franciscus Plante (died 1690), Dutch poet and chaplainJune 16 – John Cleveland (died 1658), EnglishNovember 5 – Isaac de Benserade (died 1691), FrenchAlso:Richard Crashaw, born about this year (died 1649), English poet, styled "the divine," one of the Metaphysical poetsShah Inayatullah (died 1701), poet from Sindh, PakistanKhushal Khattak (died 1689), Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chiefYe Xiaowan born about this year, Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; also sister of women poets Ye Wanwan and Ye XiaoluanBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March – Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola, (born 1559), Spanish playwright and poetApril 6–9 – Natshinnaung (born (1578), Toungoo prince, poet and musician (executed)August 22 – Dominicus Baudius (born 1561), Dutch Neo-Latin poet, scholar and historianSeptember 15 – Sir Thomas Overbury (born 1581), English poet and essayist (probably poisoned by Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset)October 9 – Henry Constable (born 1562), English Catholic polemicist and poetOctober 22 – Mathurin Régnier (born 1573), French satirical poet; nephew of Philippe DesportesNovember 16 – Trajano Boccalini (born 1556), Italian satirical poetAlso:Govindadasa (born 1535), Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to KrishnaPhùng Khắc Khoan (born 1528), Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poetDinko Zlatarić (born 1558), Croatian poet and translator 