A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Noonday upon the Alpine meadows
Pours its avalanche of Light
And blazing flowers: the very shadows
Translucent are and bright.
It seems a glory that nought surpasses–
Passion of angels in form and hue–
When, lo! from the jewelled heaven of the grasses
Leaps a lightning of sudden blue.
Dimming the sun-drunk petals,
Bright even unto pain,
The grasshopper flashes, settles,
And then is quenched again.
A few random poems:
- Conversation 4: On Place by Rosmarie Waldrop
- Thought. by Walt Whitman
- On The Author Of Letters On Literature by William Cowper
- The Poor Lover to His Rich Mistress about to Marry His Coxcombly Rival by William Wycherley
- Auntie’s Skirts by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robert Burns: Epigram On Rough Roads:
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- A Slight Change by Rixa White
- Robert Burns: My Tocher’s The Jewel:
- Михаил Кузмин – Выздоравливающей
- The Dream poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Idylls of the King: The Passing of Arthur (excerpt) poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- And you love me by Stephen Crane
- Ballade Of Dead Ladies poem – Andrew Lang poems
- After a Tempest by William Cullen Bryant
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
- Essay on Man poem – Alexander Pope
- Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot poem – Alexander Pope
- Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle IV, To Richard Boyle, poem – Alexander Pope
- Epistle II: To A Lady (Of the Characters of Women) poem – Alexander Pope
- Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness poem – Alexander Pope
- Eloisa to Abelard poem – Alexander Pope
- Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady poem – Alexander Pope
- Couplets on Wit poem – Alexander Pope
- Argus poem – Alexander Pope
- An Essay on Man in Four Epistles: Epistle 1 poem – Alexander Pope
- An Essay On Criticism poem – Alexander Pope
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 4 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 3 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 2 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 1 poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Rape of the Lock poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Iliad: Book VI (excerpt) poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Dying Christian to His Soul poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Three Gentle Shepherds poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Temple of Fame poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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.