Autor: Alfred Austin

‘Where is Lamia?’The inquiry is one not infrequently made; for, while most of us can vanish without being missed, some favoured individuals there are whose disappearance at once excites a sense of lo …

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse throug …

Born in Headingly, Yorkshire in 1835 Austin went on to graduate from the University of London in 1853. Training to be a barrister was a success but his love was literature and he turned to this full …

Alfred Austin’s ‘The Bridling of Pegasus: Prose Papers on Poetry’ is a collection of insightful essays that delve into the world of poetry with depth and elegance. Written in a concise and engaging s …

The office of Poet Laureate goes back many centuries-informally to the time of Geoffrey Chaucer in 1389 and followed thereafter by a number of ‘volunteer laureates’. It was formally assigned to Ben J …