September – The Poetry Monster

A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)

Spring is past and over these many days,

Spring and summer. The leaves of September droop,

Yellowing afid all but dead on the patient trees.

Nor is there any hope in me. I walk

Slowly homeward. Night is as empty and dark

Behind my eyes as it is dark without

And empty round about me and over me.

Spring is past and over these many days;

But, looking up, suddenly I see

Leaves in the upthrown light of a street lamp shine

Clear and luminous, young and so transparent,

They seem but the coloured foam of air, green fire,

No more than the scarce embodied thoughts of leaves;

And it is spring within that circle of light.

Oh, magical brightness ! the old leaves are made new.

In the mind, too, some coloured accident

Of beauty revives and makes all young again.

A chance light meaninglessly shines and it is spring.

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A few random poems:

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

Astrophel and Stella: III by Sir Philip Sidney by Philip Sidney
Astrophel and Stella: I by Sir Philip Sidney by Philip Sidney
Astrophel And Stella-First Song by Sir Philip Sidney by Philip Sidney
To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To Mrs. Leonard on The Death of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley – Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death of Mr. Snider Murder’d By Richardson by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Messrs Hussey and Coffin by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Friendship by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To The Honble Commodore Hood on His Pardoning a Deserter by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
His Excellency General Washington by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Friendship by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To The University Of Cambridge, In New-England by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To The Right Honourable William, Earl Of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary Of The State For North-America, by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To The King’s Most Excellent Majesty by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To The Honourable T. H. Esq; On the Death Of His Daughter by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To S.M., A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To Mæcenas by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley

More external links (open in a new tab):

Russian Commerce Agency

Dealing Monster

Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

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

Poems by Author and Category

The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works

Alcaeus Ἀλκαῖος Алкей

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.