-- Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year.

List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
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Her lothly lere [unwanted complexion]
Is nothing clear,
But ugly of cheer,
Droopy and drowsy,
Scurvy and lousy;
Her face all bowsy [bloated by drink]
Comely crinkled,
Wondersly wrinkled,
Like a roast pig's ear,
Bristled with hear. [hair]

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Cover of the first edition of Marko Marulić's Judita
  • Anonymous, A boke of a Ghoostly fader ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"),[1] London: Wynkyn de Worde[2] 1520 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication[2])
  • Anonymous, Christmas Carols, including "A caroll of huntynge" and "A carol bringyng in the bores heed"[1]
  • Alexander Barclay, The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog" (see also Eclogues 1530, Fifth Eclogue 1518)[1]
  • Henry Bradshaw, The Life of St. Werburgh[1]
  • Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses interspersed in the text[1]
  • Robert Copland, English:
    • Introductory poem to The Passyon of Our Lorde, London: Wynkyn de Worde[2]
    • Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche, London: Wynkyn de Worde[2]
  • Marko Marulić, Judita ("Judith"), Croatian poem, a landmark in Croatian literature, printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto on August 13, and published three times during the author's life (written in 1501)
  • John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng", publication year uncertain (reprinted in Skelton's Certain Books 1545)[1]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
  2. ^ a b c d Web page titled "Academic Text Service (ATS)/ Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: / Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603", at Stanford University library website, retrieved September 8, 2009. 2009-09-11.