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Alone

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.

Submitted: Tuesday, December 31, 2002


Read poems about / on: childhood, autumn, sorrow, spring, red, joy, heaven, alone, sky, sun, heart, life, passion

Comments about this poem (Alone by Edgar Allan Poe )

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  • Gogo Amin (5/9/2013 10:53:00 PM)

    i love your refreshment but nothing else but its sorrow: /

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  • Aftab Alam Khursheed (4/7/2013 2:56:00 AM)

    his poem compels me to look back at my childhood I cant say any more

    30 person liked.
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  • Jenie Franksay (3/14/2013 10:15:00 AM)

    really very touchy.........
    loved it, , , , , , ,

    26 person liked.
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  • Natasha Foster (3/1/2013 10:40:00 AM)

    My favorite lines: All I loved, I loved alone... and (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view.

    39 person liked.
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  • Eli Johnson (2/26/2013 10:07:00 PM)

    Alone. A seemingly simple title for a piece so strong, yet the word 'Alone' is so strong in itself. Leave it to Poe to capture so much darkness and emotion and put in on paper. This must be one of my favorite pieces of his.

    47 person liked.
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  • Leonardo David Tay (1/31/2013 11:58:00 PM)

    EDGAR ALLAN POE...AMAZING POET o_O

    53 person liked.
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  • Arron Fowler (1/15/2013 6:45:00 AM)

    love this! ! ! ! ! ! what an excellent poem

    58 person liked.
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  • Faride Isaie (12/24/2012 8:51:00 AM)

    And all I loved, I loved alone.
    It is really nice..enjoy it...... :)

    51 person liked.
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  • Otteri Selvakumar (12/20/2012 1:15:00 AM)

    a too thought

    nice! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    46 person liked.
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  • Otteri Selvakumar (12/20/2012 1:11:00 AM)

    a too thought

    nice! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    41 person liked.
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