Austin, Alfred (M)

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