The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

NUMBER PAGE 1.-7. Anonymous. XIII-XIV Century 1-10 8. Robert Mannyng of Brunne. b. 1260, d. 1340. 10 9. John Barbour. d. 1395 10-11 10.-12. Geoffrey Chaucer. b. ? 1340, d. 1400 11-14 13. Thomas Hoccleve. b. 1368-9, d. ? 1450 14-15 14. John Lydgate. b. ? 1370, d. ? 1450 15 15. King James I of Scotland. b. 1394, d. 1437 15 16.-17. Robert Henryson. b. 1425, d. ? 1500 16-25 18.-21. William Dunbar. b. 1465, d. ? 1520 25-33 22.-29. Anonymous. XV-XVI Century 33-57 30.-31. John Skelton. b. ? 1460, d. 1529 57-59 32.-33. Stephen Hawes. d. 1523 59-60 34.-38. Sir Thomas Wyatt. b. 1503, d. 1542 60-65 39.-41. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey b. 1516, d. 1547 65-68 42. Nicholas Grimald. b. 1519, d. 1562 68-69 43.-44. Alexander Scott. b. ? 1520, d. 158- 69-71 45. Robert Wever. c. 1550 72 46. Richard Edwardes. b. 1523, d. 1566 72-73 47. George Gascoigne. b. 1523, d. 1566 74-75 48. Alexander Mongtomerie. b. ? 1540, d. ? 1610 75-77 49. William Stevenson. b. 1530, d. 1575 77-78 50.-72. Anonymous. XVI-XVII Century 79-99 73.-74. Nicholas Breton. b. 1542, d. 1626 100-102 75.-78. Sir Walter Raleigh. b. 1552, d. 1618 102-104 79.-84. Edmund Spenser. b. 1552, d. 1599 104-129 85.-86. John Lyly. b. 1533, d. 1606 129-130 87. Anthony Munday. b. 1553, d. 1633 130 88.-95. Sir Philip Sidney. b. 1554, d. 1586 131-136 96. Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke. b. 1554, d. 1628 136-137 97.-100. Thomas Lodge. b. ? 1556, d. 1625 137-141 101.-102. George Peele. b. ? 1558, d. 1597 141-143 103.-105. Robert Greene. b. ? 1560, d. 1592 143-145 106. Alexander Hume. b. 1560, d. 1609 146-150 107. George Chapman. b. 1560, d. 1634 150 108.-109. Robert Southwell. b. 1561, d. 1595 151-153 110. Henry Constable. b. ? 1562, d. ? 1613 153 111.-113. Samuel Daniel. b. 1562, d. 1619 153-159 114. Mark Alexander Boyd. b. 1563, d. 1601 160 115. Joshua Sylvester, b. 1563, d. 1618. 160-161 116.-120. Michael Drayton. b. 1563, d. 1631 161-173 121. Christopher Marlowe. b. 1564, d. 1593 173-174 122. Sir Walter Raleigh. b. 1552, d. 1618 174-175 123.-164. William Shakespeare. b. 1564, d. 1616 175-200 165. Richard Rowlands. b. 1565, d. ? 1630 200-201 166.-167. Thomas Nashe. b. 1567, d. 1601 201-203 168.-176. Thomas Campion. b. ? 1567, d. 1619 203-209 177. John Reynolds. XVI Century 209-210 178.-180. Sir Henry Wotton. b. 1568, d. 1639 210-212 181. Sir John Davies. b. 1569, d. 1626 212-213 182.-183. Sir Robert Ayton. b. 1570, d. 1638 213-215 184.-194. Ben Jonson. b. 1573, d. 1637 215-225 195.-202. John Donne. b. 1573, d. 1631 225-231 203. Richard Barnefield. b. 1574, d. 1627 232 204. Thomas Dekker. b. 1575, d. 1641 233 205.-206. Thomas Heywood. b. ? 157-, d. 1650 233-235 207.-217. John Fletcher. b. 1579, d. 1625 235-241 218.-220. John Webster. d. ? 1630 242-243 221. William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. b. ? 1580, d. 1640 243-244 222. Phineas Fletcher. b. 1580, d. 1650 244 223. Sir John Beaumont. b. 1583, d. 1627 245 224.-232. William Drummond, of Hawthornden. b. 1585, d. 1649 245-250 233. Giles Fletcher. b. 158-, d. 1623 250-252 234. Francis Beaumont. b. 1586, d. 1616 252 235. John Ford. b. 1586, d. 1639 253 236.-239. George Wither. b. 1588, d. 1667 253-260 240.-246. William Browne, of Tavistock. b. 1588, d. 1643 260-264 247.-275. Robert Herrick. b. 1591, d. 1674 264-284 276.-277. Francis Quarles. b. 1592, d. 1644 285 278.-280. Henry King, Bishop of Chichester. b. 1592, d. 1669 286-290 281.-286. George Herbert. b. 1593, d. 1632 290-295 287.-288. James Shirley. b. 1596, d. 1666 295-296 289.-295. Thomas Carew. b ? 1595, d. ? 1639 297-301 296. Jasper Mayne. b. 1604, d. 1672 301-302 297.-298. William Habington. b. 1605, d. 1654 302-304 299.-300. Thomas Randolph. b. 1605, d. 1635 305-308 301.-303. Sir William Davenant. b. 1606, d. 1668 308-309 304.-306. Edmund Waller. b. 1606, d. 1687 310-311 307.-324. John Milton. b. 1608, d. 1674 311-347 325.-328. Sir John Suckling. b. 1609, d. 1642 347-350 329. Sir Richard Fanshawe. b. 1608, d. 1666 350 330.-333. William Cartwright. b. 1611, d. 1643 351-353 334. James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. b. 1612, d. 1650 353-354 335. Thomas Jordan. b. ?...