When were John Donne’s Poems first published?

Almost none of John Donne’s poetry was published during his lifetime; instead, his work primarily circulated in manuscript copies among an admiring circle of readers. The only significant poetic works of his to be published while he was alive were the Anniversaries, which appeared in 1611–1612.1

The first two editions of his collected Poems were published posthumously in 1633 and 1635.2