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Poetry


John Bunyan
( 1628 - 1688 )


See A Timeline Chronicling the Life of John Bunyan for more about the events of his life.

**The following are arranged in the order of the year published. *Age is determined from the year published. They do not correspond to the year John Bunyan first penned them.

This is NOT a complete listing of everything
John Bunyan ever wrote, only what can be
found at this website in the 'Poetry' section.

 

Title

Author

*Age

Comments

**Year

One Thing Is Needful,
or, Serious meditations upon the four lasting things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

John Bunyan

Written
while he
was 36

Published in conjunction with Ebal and Gerizzim. These poems were first published about the year 1664, while the author was imprisoned, and printed on single sheets, to be sold by his wife and children, to aid them financially. They were later grouped and published together the year John Bunyan died.

1688

Ebal and Gerizzim,
or, The Blessing and the Curse

John Bunyan

Written
while he
was 36

Published in conjunction with One Thing Is Needful.

1688

The Author's Apology For His Book

John Bunyan

50

A poem from The Pilgrim's Progress, the first part.

1678

Conclusion

John Bunyan

50

A poem from The Pilgrim's Progress, the first part.

1678

The Author's Way Of Sending Forth His Second Part Of The Pilgrim.

John Bunyan

56

A poem from The Pilgrim's Progress, the second part.

1684

A Book For Boys and Girls,
or, Temporal Things Spiritualized

John Bunyan

-

First published thirteen years after John Bunyan's death. Contains fifty poems.

1701

Prison Meditations,
a Poem.

John Bunyan

Written while he was 37

From the 1876 version of 'The Complete Works of John Bunyan'. This poem was written in 1665, in response to a letter Bunyan had received in prison, exhorting him to hold his head above the flood.

1876



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