"Alone" - 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 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.
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.
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rebeka on March 22, 2006you have a lot of neat stuff on your walls in here
and it is all wonderful...how do you post more than one image? maybe i will put a few more pics on my walls too 
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victoria Secret on March 17, 2006Unscramble your Troi it would spell my name. Tori lol. I thought I'd come and signature your guestbook. I hope you don't mind. The names victoria people call me Tori for short. So which ever you decide to call me, I wouldn't mind. I look forward to readin your pieces. Take care now. Tori
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Ashley Mosely on November 4, 2004thanks so much for your comment
i'll be back to read your lovely writes
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Ali-Kitty on October 1, 2004THANKYOU!!!!!! I was so suprised when I won second place in your contest, thankyou SOOOO MUCH! hugs!
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