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 chronological order according to their years of birth, we can look at their historical details:
- B) Edmund Spenser: Born in approximately 1552.
- C) Philip Sidney: Born on November 30, 1554.
- D) John Donne: Born in 1572.
- A) George Herbert: Born on April 3, 1593.
- E) Oliver Goldsmith: Born on November 10, 1730.

By arranging these years in ascending order (from the earliest born to the latest born), we get:
1552 (Edmund Spenser) ⇒ 1554 (Philip Sidney) ⇒ 1572 (John Donne) ⇒ 1593 (George Herbert) ⇒ 1730 (Oliver Goldsmith).

This sequence corresponds directly to the order B, C, D, A, E.