"Gothic"
Sharp spires pierce upwards, and the clouds are full of
tumbling bells. Reckless, break-neck, head over heels
down an airy spiral of stairs run the bells.' Upon Paul's
steeple stands a tree.'
Up again and then once more to the bottom, two steps at
a time. 'As full of apples as can be.'
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Aldous Huxley's poem "Gothic" was published in the 1918 "cycle" of Wheels. to read this poem in full in a digitized version of this publication, follow the link(s) below: