{"id":529,"date":"2017-03-27T18:54:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=529"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:54:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:54:18","slug":"alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/529","title":{"rendered":"Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

From childhood’s hour I have not been<\/em>
\nAs others were; I have not seen<\/em>
\nAs others saw; I could not bring<\/em>
\nMy passions from a common spring.<\/em>
\nFrom the same source I have not taken<\/em>
\nMy sorrow; I could not awaken<\/em>
\nMy heart to joy at the same tone;<\/em>
\nAnd all I loved, I loved alone.<\/em>
\nThen- in my childhood, in the dawn<\/em>
\nOf a most stormy life- was drawn<\/em>
\nFrom every depth of good and ill<\/em>
\nThe mystery which binds me still:<\/em>
\nFrom the torrent, or the fountain,<\/em>
\nFrom the red cliff of the mountain,<\/em>
\nFrom the sun that round me rolled<\/em>
\nIn its autumn tint of gold,<\/em>
\nFrom the lightning in the sky<\/em>
\nAs it passed me flying by,<\/em>
\nFrom the thunder and the storm,<\/em>
\nAnd the cloud that took the form<\/em>
\n(When the rest of Heaven was blue)<\/em>
\nOf a demon in my view.<\/em><\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe<\/b>, 1809 – 1849<\/a><\/p>\n

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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 … Continue reading Alone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8ovtF-alone","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/367","url_meta":{"origin":529,"position":0},"title":"Senator Rand Paul Supports Stand Alone Bill Repealing The ACA…","author":"Les","date":"March 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On this Kentucky Senator \u00a0Rand Paul\u00a0is just another libertarian dunderhead. 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