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Ten poems, 1913-1915
Collected poems of Alice Meynell
The Poems of Alice Meynell
The Rhythm of Life, and Other Essays
Hearts of Controversy
The Flower of the Mind
Essays
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
Ceres' Runaway, and Other Essays
The Colour of Life
London Impressions
Poems
A Father of Women, and Other Poems
About Alice Meynell
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. She was considered for the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom twice, first in 1892 on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and later in 1913 on the death of Alfred Austin, but was never appointed to the position.
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