A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Old ghosts that death forgot to ferry
Across the Lethe of the years –
These are my friends, and at their tears
I weep and with their mirth am merry.
On a high tower, whose battlements
Give me all heaven at a glance,
I lie long summer nights in trance,
Drowsed by the murmurs and the scents
That rise from earth, while the sky above me
Merges its peace with my soul’s peace,
Deep meeting deep. No stir can move me,
Nought break the quiet of my release:
In vain the windy sunlight raves
At the hush and gloom of polar caves.
A few random poems:
- Metaphysical View by Satish Verma
- C’est la nuit aveugle by Martine Morillon-Carreau
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Туча
- The Lost Friend poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope
- Альфред де Мюссе – Как лепестки весеннего цветка
- Robert Burns: O Wat Ye Wha’s In Yon Town:
- Владимир Костров – Выходец из волости лесистой
- Bahut Kathin Hai poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Spenserian Stanzas On Charles Armitage Brown poem – John Keats poems
- Омар Хайям – О горе, горе сердцу, где жгучей страсти нет
- Lines to a Gentleman who sent a Newspaper by Robert Burns
- If Only by Mary Etta Metcalf
- the secrets , we hide by tulip
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 – 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and non-fiction works—as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.