Arrange the following poets in accordance with their years of birth.
A) George Herbert
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Philip Sidney
D) John Donne
E) Oliver Goldsmith
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is B, C, D, A, E.

To arrange the given poets in accordance with their birth years, let us examine the historical timeline of each individual:
1. Edmund Spenser (B): Born in circa 1552. He was a premier Elizabethan poet, most famous for his epic allegory The Faerie Queene.
2. Philip Sidney (C): Born on November 30, 1554. An influential figure of the Elizabethan age, he wrote the famous sonnet cycle Astrophel and Stella.
3. John Donne (D): Born in 1572. He is celebrated as the founder and leading figure of the Metaphysical school of poetry.
4. George Herbert (A): Born on April 3, 1593. A priest and orator, he was another key Metaphysical poet, known for his collection of devotional lyrics, The Temple.
5. Oliver Goldsmith (E): Born on November 10, 1728. A writer of the late Augustan/Georgian era, he is well-known for his poem The Deserted Village and the play She Stoops to Conquer.

Arranging the birth years in ascending order:
1552 (B) → 1554 (C) → 1572 (D) → 1593 (A) → 1728 (E)

Therefore, the chronological sequence of the poets from earliest to latest birth year is B, C, D, A, E.