A L O N E

by Edgar Allen Poe (1829)

From childhood's hour I have not been

neeb ton evah I ruoh s'doohdlihc morF

As others were—I have not seen

nees ton evah I—erew srehto sA

As others saw—I could not bring

gnirb ton dluoc I—was srehto sA

My passions from a common spring—

—gnirps nommoc a morf snoissap yM

From the same source I have not taken

                                           nekat ton evah I ecruos emas eht morF

My sorrow—I could not awaken

                                              nekawa ton dluoc I—worros yM

My heart to joy at the same tone—

                                           —enot emas eht ta yoj ot traeh yM

And all I lov'd—I lov'd alone—

—enola d'vol I—d'vol I lla dnA

Then—in my childhood—in the dawn nwad eht ni—doohdlihc ym ni—nehT

Of a most stormy life—was drawn nward saw—efil ymrots tsom a fO

From ev'ry depth of good and ill lli dna doog fo htped yr've morF

The mystery which binds me still— —llits em sdnib hcihw yretsym ehT

From the torrent, or the fountain— —niatnuof eht ro ,tnerrot eht morF
From the red cliff of the mountain— —niatnuom eht fo ffilc der eht morF
From the sun that 'round me roll'd d'llor em dnuor' taht nus eht morF
In its autumn tint of gold— —dlog fo tnit nmutua sti nI
From the lightning in the sky yks eht ni ginthgil eht morF
As it pass'd me flying by— —yd gniylf em d'ssap ti sA
From the thunder, and the storm— —mrots eht dna ,rednaht eht morF
And the cloud that took the form mrof eht koot taht duolc eht dnA
(When the rest of Heaven was blue) (eulb saw nevaeH fo tser eht nehW)
Of a demon in my view— —weiv ym ni nomed a fO