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Poems Timeline

A list of poetry by publication year, when accurate publication information is available. Also see complete list of poems in RPO.

Publication Year
  • 657

    Cædmon's Hymn

    Caedmon, of Whitby,
  • 735

    Bede's Death Song

    Bede, The Venerable
  • 970

    The Seafarer

    Anonymous,
  • 1240

    Cuckoo Song

    Anonymous,
  • 1250

    Foweles in the Frith

    Anonymous,
  • 1275

    Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?

    Anonymous,
  • 1310

    Alysoun

    Anonymous,
  • 1310

    Blow, Northerne Wind

    Anonymous,
  • 1370

    Piers Plowman: The Prologue

    Langland, William
  • 1375

    Cleanness

    Anonymous,
  • 1375

    Patience

    Anonymous,
  • 1375

    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Anonymous,
  • 1382

    The Parlement of Fowls

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1430

    The Regiment of Princes

    Hoccleve, Thomas
  • 1450

    St. Stephen and Herod

    Anonymous,
  • 1450

    I Sing of a Maiden

    Anonymous,
  • 1477

    Truth

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1478

    The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1483

    Troilus and Criseyde: Book I

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1483

    Troilus and Criseyde: Book II

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1483

    Troilus and Criseyde: Book V

    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • 1483

    Confessio Amantis, Book VIII: The Tale of Apollonius of Tyre

    Gower, John
  • 1490

    The King's Quire

    James I, of Scotland,
  • 1500

    A Jest of Robin Hood

    Anonymous,
  • 1508

    Lament For The Makers

    Dunbar, William
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