# Jonah Christmas 1917

Author: Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62709

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jonah+Christmas+1917+Huxley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A cream of phospherescent light Floats on the wash that to and fro Slides round his feet—enough to show Many a pendulous stalactite Of naked mucus, whorls and wreaths And huge festoons of mottled tripes, With smaller palpitating pipes Through which some yeasty liquor seethes.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jonah-christmas-1917-62709/chapters/1/index.md)