Alone Poe

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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.

Edgar Allan Poe


SOLO Desde mi hora más tierna no he sido Como otros fueron, no he percibido Como otros vieron, no pude extraer Del mismo arroyo mi placer, Ni de la misma fuente ha brotado Mi desconsuelo; no he logrado Hacer vibrar mi corazón del mismo modo Y, si algo he amado, lo he amado solo. Entonces, en mi infancia, en el albor De una vida tormentosa, del crisol Del bien y el mal, de su raíz misma Surgió el misterio que aún me abruma: Desde el venero o el vado, Desde el rojo acantilado, Desde el sol que me envolvía En otoño con su pátina bruñida, Desde el rayo electrizante Que me rozó, seco y rasante, Desde el trueno y la tormenta, Y la nube suave y clara Que, en el cielo transparente, Formó un demonio en mi mente. Edgar Allan Poe


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