Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe!
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eldritchhobbitHappy 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.
"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.
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Date: 2015-01-21 08:40 pm (UTC)I'm so happy you liked the poem! It's one of my Poe favorites.
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Date: 2015-01-22 04:00 pm (UTC)By the way, is there any chance I'll see you at ConCarolinas this year? Joel from MST3K will be there. I'm ridiculously excited about that.
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Date: 2015-01-27 11:33 pm (UTC)David Weber and I did a signings table stint together once. (Which of these doesn't fit? I know, I know. I kept getting asked to move aside while people took photos of him! LOL.) Nice guy. Your question cracked me up! You're right: her name is very suggestive. I bet he got a laugh out of that.