A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
While I have been fumbling over books
And thinking about God and the Devil and all,
Other young men have been battling with the days
And others have been kissing the beautiful women.
They have brazen faces like battering-rams.
But I who think about books and such–
I crumble to impotent dust before the struggling,
And the women palsy me with fear.
But when it comes to fumbling over books
And thinking about God and the Devil and all,
Why, there I am.
But perhaps the battering-rams are in the right of it,
Perhaps, perhaps … God knows.
A few random poems:
- Remembering Mountain Men by William Stafford
- Аля Кудряшева – Когда наступает вечер
- On a Scotch Bard, gone to the West Indies by Robert Burns
- “Sadder than lark when lowering” poem – Alfred Austin
- Long-Legged Fly by William Butler Yeats
- Writing Strategy: On Getting Inspired Everyday
- Николай Языков – Стансы (В час, как деву молодую)
- Ballade Of Worldly Wealth poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Job Interview by William Matthews
- My Miracle Valentine by Tirtha Raj Baral (Sanu Punatare)
- The Road To Ruin by Siegfried Sassoon
- Robert Burns: The Keekin’-Glass:
- An Epitaph On The Marchioness Of Winchester poem – John Milton poems
- Night-Piece by Siegfried Sassoon
- Robert Burns: Complimentary Versicles To Jessie Lewars: On Her Recovery
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
- The Birch-Tree at Loschwitz poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Straw in the Street poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sinfonia Eroica poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Run to Death poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Ralph to Mary poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Philosophy poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Out of Town poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- On the Wye in May poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- On the Threshold poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Oh, Is It Love? poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- New Love, New Life poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Magdalen poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- London Poets poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- London in July poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Lohengrin poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Last Words poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- June poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- In the Nower poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- In the Night poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
More external links (open in a new tab):
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
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.