`Father, farewell! Be not distressed,
And take my vow, ere I depart,
To found a Convent in my breast,
And keep a cloister in my heart.'

(C) Alfred Austin
04/03/2017


Best Poems of Alfred Austin

• To Arms!
• Agatha
• Victoria
• An Autumn Homily
• Dead!
• A Te Deum
• Mafeking
• Longing
• Sorrow-s Importunity
• The Lover-s Song
• Before, Behind, And Beyond
• Invocation
• At Shelley-s Grave
• Free
• At Delphi
• A Meeting
• Primroses
• Love-s Fitfulness
• A Question
• Sisyphus