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:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Снег скрипел подо мной
- The Chanpa Flower by Rabindranath Tagore
- Tommy by Rudyard Kipling
- Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not by William Shakespeare
- Василий Тредиаковский – Видеть все женские лица
- Honor Among Scamps by Vachel Lindsay
- Яков Полонский – На закате
- The Appointment by Ruth Padel
- When Smoke Stood Up From Ludlow poem – A. E. Housman
- Владимир Маяковский – Польша
- A Father Out, An’ Mother Hwome by William Barnes
- Come by Samuel Stephen Wakdok
- The Red Earth of Kupungarri by Nicole M Nugent
- In Praise Of Henna by Sarojini Naidu
- Михаил Лермонтов – Благодарность
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
- Flowers of Sion: Sonnet 3 – Look how the flower by William Drummond
- Flowers of Sion: Sonnet 11 – The last and greatest herald by William Drummond
- Flowers From Sion: Sonnet 25 – More oft than once death whispered by William Drummond
- Faith by John Oxenham
- Exodus Of The Heart by Wilmer Escovar
- Everymaid by John Oxenham
- E.A. Nov. 6, 1900 by John Oxenham
- Don’t Worry by John Oxenham
- Dedication by Wole Soyinka
- Darkness And Light by John Oxenham
- Countrywomen by Katherine Mansfield
- Cold by Witt Wittmann
- Civilian and Soldier by Wole Soyinka
- Cigarettes And Whiskey And Wild, Wild Women by Anne Sexton
- Bring Us The Light by John Oxenham
- Better And Best by John Oxenham
- Because I’ve Learned by William Ellery Leonard
- Alone You Passed by William Ellery Leonard
- All’s Well! by John Oxenham
- Aftershock by William Marr
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