A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Day after day,
At spring’s return,
I watch my flowers, how they burn
Their lives away.
The candle crocus
And daffodil gold
Drink fire of the sunshine–
Quickly cold.
And the proud tulip–
How red he glows!–
Is quenched ere summer
Can kindle the rose.
Purple as the innermost
Core of a sinking flame,
Deep in the leaves the violets smoulder
To the dust whence they came.
Day after day
At spring’s return,
I watch my flowers, how they burn
Their lives away,
Day after day …

A few random poems:
- Lines on Curll poem – Alexander Pope
- Keen, Fitful Gusts are Whisp’ring Here and There poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не возьмут и невзгоды в крутой оборот…
- On a Fan of the Author’s Design poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Artegal And Elidure by William Wordsworth
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- Epistle to Colonel de Peyster by Robert Burns
- The Tree and the Marble by Mike Yuan
- Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Teatro Bambino. Dublin, N. H. poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ольга Берггольц – Первое письмо на Каму
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
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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.