Austin, Alfred (M)

Surname: Austin
Forename(s): Alfred
b. 30 May 1835. d. 2 June 1913. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, critic, and editor. Contributor to the Quarterly Review, Macmillan’s Magazine, the Eclectic Magazine, The Academy, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, and the Pall Mall Magazine. Joint editor with William John Courthope of the National Review from 1883-1887, and sole editor from 1887-1895. Appointed Poet Laureate in 1896. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 12
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Sonnet 1864-06-11 All the Year Round Poet 3171
Sweet Love is Dead 1877-03 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12291
Ave Maria. (A Breton Legend) 1877-06 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12304
The Last Redoubt 1877-11 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12056
Love’s Blindness 1878-06 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12267
A Sleepless Night 1879-10 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12246
Nightingale and Cuckoo 1881-04 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12117
A Night in June 1881-08 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14570
At Vaucluse 1881-12 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14668
The Death of Huss 1882 Good Words Poet 3939
The Coming of Spring 1895-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8158
A Border Burn 1901-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7915