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English poets and poems

English poetry in this collection crosses dramatic monologue, sonnet, song, devotional verse, satire, Romantic lyric, and Victorian experiment.

This page follows the collection’s verified place records. It is a reading path through the poets currently available here, not a complete history of poetry in England.

23 poets1288 poemsPublic-domain source editions

Poets in this collection

  1. Alexander PopeAugustan · 63 poems
  2. Andrew MarvellMetaphysical · 13 poems
  3. Aphra BehnRestoration · 1 poems
  4. Ben JonsonRenaissance · 15 poems
  5. Christina RossettiVictorian · 13 poems
  6. Edmund WallerRestoration · 3 poems
  7. Elizabeth Barrett BrowningVictorian · 32 poems
  8. George Gordon, Lord ByronRomantic · 325 poems
  9. George HerbertMetaphysical · 16 poems
  10. Gerard Manley HopkinsVictorian · 26 poems
  11. John DonneMetaphysical · 34 poems
  12. John KeatsRomantic · 29 poems
  13. John MiltonRestoration · 26 poems
  14. Lord Alfred TennysonVictorian · 43 poems
  15. Percy Bysshe ShelleyRomantic · 312 poems
  16. Richard LovelaceCavalier · 6 poems
  17. Robert BrowningVictorian · 66 poems
  18. Samuel ColeridgeRomantic · 22 poems
  19. Sir Walter RaleighRenaissance · 8 poems
  20. Thomas CarewCavalier · 1 poems
  21. William BlakeRomantic · 52 poems
  22. William ShakespeareRenaissance · 160 poems
  23. William WordsworthRomantic · 2 poems

Selected poems

120 starting points, with featured poems first.

  1. A Better ResurrectionChristina Rossetti · 24 lines
  2. A BirthdayChristina Rossetti · 16 lines
  3. A Dead RoseElizabeth Barrett Browning · 32 lines
  4. A Farewell to False LoveSir Walter Raleigh · 30 lines
  5. A Farewell to the WorldBen Jonson · 36 lines
  6. A Hymn to God the FatherBen Jonson · 32 lines
  7. A Musical InstrumentElizabeth Barrett Browning · 42 lines
  8. A RaptureThomas Carew · 166 lines
  9. A Valediction: Forbidding MourningJohn Donne · 36 lines
  10. A Woman's ShortcomingsElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  11. Air and AngelsJohn Donne · 28 lines
  12. An Epitaph on a Child of Queen Elizabeth's ChapelBen Jonson · 24 lines
  13. An Essay on CriticismAlexander Pope · 747 lines
  14. And ask ye why these sad tears stream?Lord Alfred Tennyson · 26 lines
  15. At a Solemn MusickJohn Milton · 30 lines
  16. At HomeChristina Rossetti · 32 lines
  17. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter WindWilliam Shakespeare · 20 lines
  18. Bright Star, Would I Were Steadfast As Thou ArtJohn Keats · 14 lines
  19. ChristabelSamuel Coleridge · 689 lines
  20. Come, My CeliaBen Jonson · 18 lines
  21. EasterGeorge Herbert · 18 lines
  22. Easter WingsGeorge Herbert · 20 lines
  23. Eloisa to AbelardAlexander Pope · 366 lines
  24. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Being the Prologue to the SatiresAlexander Pope · 425 lines
  25. Farewell to the CourtSir Walter Raleigh · 14 lines
  26. First AnniversaryAndrew Marvell · 402 lines
  27. Fragments of School Exercises: From the "Prometheus Vinctus" of Aeschylus,George Gordon, Lord Byron · 16 lines
  28. Go, Lovely RoseEdmund Waller · 20 lines
  29. Holy Sonnet X: Death Be Not ProudJohn Donne · 14 lines
  30. Home-Thoughts, from AbroadRobert Browning · 20 lines
  31. How Soon Hath TimeJohn Milton · 14 lines
  32. Human LifeSamuel Coleridge · 29 lines
  33. I Wandered Lonely As a CloudWilliam Wordsworth · 24 lines
  34. In Memoriam A.H.H.: 121. Sad Hesper o'er the buried sunLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  35. In Memoriam A.H.H.: 78. Again at Christmas did we weaveLord Alfred Tennyson · 20 lines
  36. Kubla KhanSamuel Coleridge · 54 lines
  37. L'AllegroJohn Milton · 152 lines
  38. La Belle Dame Sans MerciJohn Keats · 48 lines
  39. LifeSir Walter Raleigh · 10 lines
  40. Lines Written in Early SpringWilliam Wordsworth · 24 lines
  41. LondonWilliam Blake · 16 lines
  42. LoveGeorge Herbert · 18 lines
  43. Love among the RuinsRobert Browning · 84 lines
  44. Meeting at NightRobert Browning · 12 lines
  45. Music's EmpireAndrew Marvell · 24 lines
  46. My Last DuchessRobert Browning · 56 lines
  47. Nature that Washed Her Hands in MilkSir Walter Raleigh · 36 lines
  48. No, Thank You JohnChristina Rossetti · 31 lines
  49. Ode on a Grecian UrnJohn Keats · 50 lines
  50. Ode on SolitudeAlexander Pope · 20 lines
  51. Ode to a NightingaleJohn Keats · 80 lines
  52. Ode to AutumnJohn Keats · 33 lines
  53. Of Old Sat FreedomLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  54. Of Old Sat Freedom on the HeightsLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  55. On First Looking into Chapman's HomerJohn Keats · 14 lines
  56. On His Deceased WifeJohn Milton · 14 lines
  57. On TimeJohn Milton · 22 lines
  58. OzymandiasPercy Bysshe Shelley · 14 lines
  59. Patience Taught by NatureElizabeth Barrett Browning · 14 lines
  60. Pied BeautyGerard Manley Hopkins · 11 lines
  61. Porphyria's LoverRobert Browning · 60 lines
  62. PrayerGeorge Herbert · 14 lines
  63. PrometheusGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron · 59 lines
  64. RememberChristina Rossetti · 14 lines
  65. She Walks in BeautyGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron · 18 lines
  66. Sin's RoundGeorge Herbert · 19 lines
  67. So We'll Go No More a-RovingGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron · 12 lines
  68. Song of MyselfSir Walter Raleigh · 42 lines
  69. Song on May MorningJohn Milton · 10 lines
  70. Song to Celia - IBen Jonson · 18 lines
  71. Song to Celia - IIBen Jonson · 16 lines
  72. Song: Go and Catch a Falling StarJohn Donne · 27 lines
  73. SonnetSamuel Coleridge · 15 lines
  74. Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true mindsWilliam Shakespeare · 14 lines
  75. Sonnet 13John Milton · 17 lines
  76. Sonnet 130: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sunWilliam Shakespeare · 14 lines
  77. Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?William Shakespeare · 14 lines
  78. Sonnet 29: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyesWilliam Shakespeare · 14 lines
  79. Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me beholdWilliam Shakespeare · 14 lines
  80. SpringGerard Manley Hopkins · 14 lines
  81. Spring and Fall: To a Young ChildGerard Manley Hopkins · 15 lines
  82. Spring QuietChristina Rossetti · 25 lines
  83. That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the ResurrectionGerard Manley Hopkins · 24 lines
  84. The AutumnElizabeth Barrett Browning · 40 lines
  85. The Character of HollandAndrew Marvell · 151 lines
  86. The Chimney SweeperWilliam Blake · 12 lines
  87. The Chimney-SweeperWilliam Blake · 24 lines
  88. The Cry of the ChildrenElizabeth Barrett Browning · 160 lines
  89. The Destruction of SennacheribGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron · 24 lines
  90. The DisappointmentAphra Behn · 140 lines
  91. The DreamJohn Donne · 30 lines
  92. The Dying Christian to His SoulAlexander Pope · 18 lines
  93. The FleaJohn Donne · 27 lines
  94. The FlowerGeorge Herbert · 49 lines
  95. The FlowerLord Alfred Tennyson · 24 lines
  96. The ForerunnersGeorge Herbert · 36 lines
  97. The FuneralJohn Donne · 24 lines
  98. The Furl of Fresh-Leaved Dogrose DownGerard Manley Hopkins · 19 lines
  99. The Good-MorrowJohn Donne · 21 lines
  100. The Lady of ShalottLord Alfred Tennyson · 171 lines
  101. The LambWilliam Blake · 20 lines
  102. The Lost LeaderRobert Browning · 32 lines
  103. The Nymph's Reply to the ShepherdSir Walter Raleigh · 24 lines
  104. The Picture of Little T.C. in a Prospect of FlowersAndrew Marvell · 40 lines
  105. The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's StoryRobert Browning · 303 lines
  106. The PrimroseJohn Donne · 30 lines
  107. The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical PoemAlexander Pope · 803 lines
  108. The Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Coleridge · 629 lines
  109. The RoseRichard Lovelace · 24 lines
  110. The Sick RoseWilliam Blake · 8 lines
  111. The Solitary ReaperWilliam Wordsworth · 32 lines
  112. The Sun RisingJohn Donne · 30 lines
  113. The TygerWilliam Blake · 24 lines
  114. Thee, God, I Come fromGerard Manley Hopkins · 25 lines
  115. This Lime-Tree Bower, My PrisonSamuel Coleridge · 78 lines
  116. To --Percy Bysshe Shelley · 37 lines
  117. To --Percy Bysshe Shelley · 16 lines
  118. To --Percy Bysshe Shelley · 15 lines
  119. To --Percy Bysshe Shelley · 12 lines
  120. To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of ImportanceSir Walter Raleigh · 21 lines