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Title: The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems

Author: Aldous Huxley

Release Date: January 20, 2008 [EBook #24364]

Language: English

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THE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND
OTHER POEMS

BY ALDOUS HUXLEY,
AUTHOR OF "THE BURNING WHEEL."

CONTENTS

Page

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 Manque 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'Apres-Midi D'un Faune 44
The Louse-Hunters 48

THE DEFEAT OF YOUTH

I. UNDER THE TREES.

There had been ph