No good English poets

[Magpie]

Eliot wasn't English, Thomas wasn't either
As for the Brownings - I shun to say neither
Robert was
Elizabeth wasn't
For ones left off - there are more than a dozen

Forgot that Eliot wasn't fully English.

According to Google Elizabeth is English, born in County Durham which would make her a Northerner.

But I suppose it detracts from the point if we are discussing their true nationalities. Even if we change it to British poets the statement doesn't hold.