Poems by Alfred Austin
Poems by Alfred Austin. A British journalist and a poet, A writer who used to wear quite a few hats throughout his career, Alfred Austin was a literary critic, novelist, and journalist. Trained in law, his professional life revolved around literature. Austin published regularly for half a century and succeeded Lord Tennyson as England’s poet laureate in 1896. Popular in his own lifetime he is now almost forgotten.
A few random poems:
- Miserimus
- Epigram on Jessy Staig’s recovery by Robert Burns
- Николай Заболоцкий – Тбилисские ночи
- In Praise of Their Divorce by Tony Hoagland
- Robert Burns: The Chevalier’s Lament:
- Sleep of the Body the Soul’s Awakening by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Some Say by Mark Miller
- Lover’s Gifts XXXIX: There Is a Looker-On by Rabindranath Tagore
- Василий Тредиаковский – В белости ее румяной
- The Portrait — English Translation by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня о планах
- Children’s Games by William Carlos Williams
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Твой знак пред жизнью
- September 1, 1802 by William Wordsworth
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- A Wasted Illness by Thomas Hardy
- A Thunderstorm In Town by Thomas Hardy
- A Jog-Trot Pair by Thomas Hardy
- A Dream Or No by Thomas Hardy
- Ye Mariners of England by Thomas Campbell
- To the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell
- The Last Man by Thomas Campbell
- The Dirge of Wallace by Thomas Campbell
- The Battle of the Baltic by Thomas Campbell
- Song to the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell
- Ode to Winter by Thomas Campbell
- Ode to the Memory of Burns by Thomas Campbell
- Love And Madness by Thomas Campbell
- Lord Ullin’s Daughter by Thomas Campbell
- Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell
- Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell
- Freedom And Love by Thomas Campbell
- Benlomond by Thomas Campbell
- Adelgitha by Thomas Campbell
- The Resignation by Thomas Chatterton
More external links (open in a new tab):
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works