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.

Poetry Monster – Home

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

To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To Captain H—–d, of the 65th Regiment by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Lady On The Death Of The Three Relations by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Lady On The Death Of Her Husband by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Lady and Her Children by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
To A Clergyman On The Death Of His Lady by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
Thoughts On The Works Of Providence by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
One Being Brought From Africa To America by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Virtue by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of J. C. An Infant by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of Dr. Samuel Marshall by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On The Death Of A Young Lady Of Five Years Of Age by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On the Death of a Young Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
On Recollection 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.