Selected PoemsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSONG OF POPLARS.THE REEF.THE FLOWERS.THE ELMS.OUT OF THE WINDOW.SUMMER STILLNESS.INSPIRATION.ANNIVERSARIES.ITALY.THE ALIEN.A LITTLE MEMORY.WAKING.VALEDICTORY.PRIVATE PROPERTY.REVELATION.MINOAN PORCELAIN.IN UNCERTAINTY TO A LADY.CRAPULOUS IMPRESSION.COMPLAINT OF A POET MANQUÉ.SOCIAL AMENITIES.TOPIARY.ON THE ’BUS.POINTS AND LINES.PANIC.STANZAS.POEM.SCENES OF THE MIND.L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE. (From the French of Stéphane Mallarmé.)MOLE.TWO REALITIES.QUOTIDIAN VISION.THE MIRROR.VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF LAFORGUE.PHILOSOPHY.PHILOCLEA IN THE FOREST.BOOKS AND THOUGHTS.THE HIGHER SENSUALISM.FORMAL VERSES.PERILS OF THE SMALL HOURS.RETURN TO AN OLD HOME.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →SONG OF POPLARS.All chapters and sections (41)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSONG OF POPLARS.THE REEF.THE FLOWERS.THE ELMS.OUT OF THE WINDOW.SUMMER STILLNESS.INSPIRATION.ANNIVERSARIES.ITALY.THE ALIEN.A LITTLE MEMORY.WAKING.VALEDICTORY.PRIVATE PROPERTY.REVELATION.MINOAN PORCELAIN.IN UNCERTAINTY TO A LADY.CRAPULOUS IMPRESSION.COMPLAINT OF A POET MANQUÉ.SOCIAL AMENITIES.TOPIARY.ON THE ’BUS.POINTS AND LINES.PANIC.STANZAS.POEM.SCENES OF THE MIND.L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FAUNE. (From the French of Stéphane Mallarmé.)MOLE.TWO REALITIES.QUOTIDIAN VISION.THE MIRROR.VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF LAFORGUE.PHILOSOPHY.PHILOCLEA IN THE FOREST.BOOKS AND THOUGHTS.THE HIGHER SENSUALISM.FORMAL VERSES.PERILS OF THE SMALL HOURS.RETURN TO AN OLD HOME.Aldous Huxley D APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK MCMXXV◇Printed and made in Great Britain◇SONG OF POPLARS. →