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:
- On Chloris being ill (Song) by Robert Burns
- Юнна Мориц – Зимнее
- Алишер Навои – У пери — точка вместо уст
- The Oak and the Rose by Shel Silverstein
- Father Divine poem – A. D. Winans poems | Poetry Monster
- Ballade Of The Tweed poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Федор Сологуб – Снежное поле бесшумно
- Sonnet 111: O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide by William Shakespeare
- Blood And The Moon by William Butler Yeats
- Юлия Друнина – Я горожанка
- Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Эмиль Верхарн – Хвала человеческому телу
- Ольга Берггольц – Мы предчувствовали полыханье
- Dedication From Moremi by Wole Soyinka
- Not Youth Pertains to Me. by Walt Whitman
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.