THE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS
By Aldous Huxley
CONTENTS
The Defeat of Youth 5
Song of Poplars 16
The Reef 17
Winter Dream 19
The Flowers 20
The Elms 21
Out of the Window 21
Inspiration 22
Summer Stillness 23
Anniversaries 23
Italy 25
The Alien 26
A Little Memory 27
Waking 28
By the Fire 29
Valedictory 31
Love Song 32
Private Property 33
Revelation 34
Minoan Porcelain 34
The Decameron 35
In Uncertainty to a Lady 35
Crapulous Impression 36
The Life Theoretic 37
Complaint of a Poet Manqué 37
Social Amenities 38
Topiary 38
On the Bus 39
Points and Lines 39
Panic 40
Return from Business 40
Stanzas 41
Poem 42
Scenes of the Mind 43
L'Après-Midi D'un Faune 44
The Louse-Hunters 48
MORTAL COILS
By ALDOUS HUXLEY
CONTENTS
I THE GIOCONDA SMILE
II PERMUTATIONS AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES
III THE TILLOTSON BANQUET
IV GREEN TUNNELS
V NUNS AT LUNCHEON
THE BURNING WHEEL
By Aldous Huxley
CONTENTS
The Burning Wheel
Doors of the Temple
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Darkness
Mole
The Two Seasons
Two Realities
Quotidian Vision
Vision
The Mirror
Variations on a Theme of Laforgue
Philosophy
Philoclea in the Forest
Books and Thoughts
Contrary to Nature and Aristotle
Escape
The Garden
The Canal
The Ideal found wanting
Misplaced Love
Sonnet
Sentimental Summer
The Choice
The Higher Sensualism
Sonnet
Formal Verses
Perils of the Small Hours
Complaint
Return to an Old Home
Fragment
The Walk
LEDA
By Aldous Huxley
CONTENTS
LEDA 1
THE BIRTH OF GOD 19
ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH 21
SYMPATHY 22
MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM 23
FROM THE PILLAR 24
JONAH 25
VARIATIONS ON A THEME 26
A MELODY BY SCARLATTI 27
A SUNSET 28
LIFE AND ART 30
FIRST PHILOSOPHER'S SONG 31
SECOND PHILOSOPHER'S SONG 32
FIFTH PHILOSOPHERS SONG 33
NINTH PHILOSOPHER'S SONG 34
MORNING SCENE 36
VERREY'S 37
FRASCATI'S 38
FATIGUE 39
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND 40
BACK STREETS 41
LAST THINGS 42
GOTHIC 43
EVENING PARTY 44
BEAUTY 45
SOLES OCCIDERE ET REDIRE POSSUNT 55
LIMBO
By Aldous Huxley
CONTENTS
FARCICAL HISTORY OF RICHARD GREENOW 1
HAPPILY EVER AFTER 116
EUPOMPUS GAVE SPLENDOUR TO ART BY NUMBERS 192
HAPPY FAMILIES 211
CYNTHIA 245
THE BOOKSHOP 259
THE DEATH OF LULLY 269