Happy Birthday, Edgar Allan Poe!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to Edgar Allan Poe (19 January, 1809 – 7 October, 1849)!



"Alone"
by Edgar Allan Poe

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 lov'd, I loved alone.
Then--in my childhood--in the dawn
Of a most stormy life--was drawn
From ev'ry 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 roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold--
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd 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.

Comments

[cookiefleck.livejournal.com]

Over the years his words have given me so many happy hours of reading, listening, watching and contemplation.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Me, too! ::Poe love::

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

One of the first things I did when I discovered the free section on the Kindle store is download the entire Poe collection. :)

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

LOL! Me, too!!! Great minds, right? *wink*

::hugs::

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

The man got me hooked on horror, so a very Happy Birthday to Mr. Poe!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! He's the man!