Her eyes of bright unwinking glaze All imperturbable do not Even make pretences to regard The justing absence of her stays, Where many a Tyrian gallipot Excites desire with spilth of nard. The bistred rims above the fard Of cheeks as red as bergamot Attest that no shamefaced delays Will clog fulfilment, nor retard Full payment of the Cyprian’s praise Down to the last remorseful jot. Hail…
Love Song By Aldous Leonard Huxley
Dear absurd child – too dear to my cost I’ve found – God made your soul for pleasure, not for use: It cleaves no way, but angled…
L’Apr�s-Midi D’Un Faune By Aldous Leonard Huxley
(From the French of St�phane Mallarm�.) I would immortalize these nymphs: so bright Their sunlit colouring, so airy light, It floats like drowsing down. Loved I a…
Italy By Aldous Leonard Huxley
There is a country in my mind, Lovelier than a poet blind Could dream of, who had never known This world of drought and dust and stone In all…
Inspiration By Aldous Leonard Huxley
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 Uncertainty To A Lady By Aldous Leonard Huxley
I am not one of those who sip, Like a quotidian bock, Cheap idylls from a languid lip Prepared to yawn or mock. I wait the indubitable word, The…
Crapulous Impression By Aldous Leonard Huxley
(To J.S.) Still life, still life … the high-lights shine Hard and sharp on the bottles: the wine Stands firmly solid in the glasses, Smooth yellow ice, through…
Complaint Of A Poet Manqu� By Aldous Leonard Huxley
We judge by appearance merely: If I can’t think strangely, I can at least look queerly. So I grew the hair so long on my head That my…
By The Fire By Aldous Leonard Huxley
We who are lovers sit by the fire, Cradled warm ‘twixt thought and will, Sit and drowse like sleeping dogs In the equipoise of all desire, Sit and listen…
Anniversaries By Aldous Leonard Huxley
Once more the windless days are here, Quiet of autumn, when the year Halts and looks backward and draws breath Before it plunges into death. Silver of mist and…