The Defeat of Youth, and Other PoemsHE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS BY ALDOUS HUXLEY, AUTHOR OF "THE BURNING WHEEL."Reading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…HE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS BY ALDOUS HUXLEY, AUTHOR OF "THE BURNING WHEEL."THE DEFEAT OF YOUTHSONG OF POPLARSTHE REEFWINTER DREAMTHE FLOWERSTHE ELMSOUT OF THE WINDOWINSPIRATIONSUMMER STILLNESSANNIVERSARIESITALYTHE ALIENA LITTLE MEMORYWAKINGVALEDICTORYLOVE SONGPRIVATE PROPERTYREVELATIONMINOAN PORCELAINTHE DECAMERONIN UNCERTAINTY TO A LADYCRAPULOUS IMPRESSION (To J.S.)THE LIFE THEORETICCOMPLAINT OF A POET MANQUÉSOCIAL AMENITIESTOPIARYON THE BUSPOINTS AND LINESPANICRETURN FROM BUSINESSSTANZASPOEMSCENES OF THE MINDL'APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE (From the French of Stéphane Mallarmé.)THE LOUSE-HUNTERS (From the French of Rimbaud).THIS THIRD OF THE INITIATES SERIES OF POETRY BY PROVED HANDS, WAS PRINTED IN OXFORD AT THE VINCENT WORKS, AND FINISHED IN JUNE, MCMXVIII. PUBLISHED BY B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, AND SOLD IN AMERICA BY LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., NEW YORK.NITIATES A SERIES OF POETRY BY PROVED HANDS UNIFORM VOLUMES IN DOLPHIN OLD STYLE TYPE ART, BOARDS, THREE SHILLINGS NET.HE SHELDONIAN SERIES OF REPRINTS AND RENDERINGS OF MASTERPIECES IN ALL LANGUAGES EDITED BY REGINALD HEWITT, M.A.DVENTURERS ALL A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME UNIFORM VOLUMES IN DOLPHIN OLD STYLE TYPE IN ART WRAPPERS TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE NET EACH.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE DEFEAT OF YOUTHAll chapters and sections (40)HE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS BY ALDOUS HUXLEY, AUTHOR OF "THE BURNING WHEEL."THE DEFEAT OF YOUTHSONG OF POPLARSTHE REEFWINTER DREAMTHE FLOWERSTHE ELMSOUT OF THE WINDOWINSPIRATIONSUMMER STILLNESSANNIVERSARIESITALYTHE ALIENA LITTLE MEMORYWAKINGVALEDICTORYLOVE SONGPRIVATE PROPERTYREVELATIONMINOAN PORCELAINTHE DECAMERONIN UNCERTAINTY TO A LADYCRAPULOUS IMPRESSION (To J.S.)THE LIFE THEORETICCOMPLAINT OF A POET MANQUÉSOCIAL AMENITIESTOPIARYON THE BUSPOINTS AND LINESPANICRETURN FROM BUSINESSSTANZASPOEMSCENES OF THE MINDL'APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE (From the French of Stéphane Mallarmé.)THE LOUSE-HUNTERS (From the French of Rimbaud).THIS THIRD OF THE INITIATES SERIES OF POETRY BY PROVED HANDS, WAS PRINTED IN OXFORD AT THE VINCENT WORKS, AND FINISHED IN JUNE, MCMXVIII. PUBLISHED BY B. H. BLACKWELL, BROAD STREET, OXFORD, AND SOLD IN AMERICA BY LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., NEW YORK.NITIATES A SERIES OF POETRY BY PROVED HANDS UNIFORM VOLUMES IN DOLPHIN OLD STYLE TYPE ART, BOARDS, THREE SHILLINGS NET.HE SHELDONIAN SERIES OF REPRINTS AND RENDERINGS OF MASTERPIECES IN ALL LANGUAGES EDITED BY REGINALD HEWITT, M.A.DVENTURERS ALL A SERIES OF YOUNG POETS UNKNOWN TO FAME UNIFORM VOLUMES IN DOLPHIN OLD STYLE TYPE IN ART WRAPPERS TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE NET EACH.TTHE DEFEAT OF YOUTH →