Alone

"Alone" is the first song of Joseph Turrin's song cycle Three Songs, which sets the poetry of Sara Teasdale.

Date: 2012Composer: Joseph TurrinText: Sara TeasdaleSong Collection: Three Songs

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Alone
by Sara Teasdale

I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give —
In spite of all your tenderness,
Sometimes I am not glad to live.

I am alone, as though I stood
On the highest peak of the tired gray world,
About me only swirling snow,
Above me, endless space unfurled;

With earth hidden and heaven hidden,
And only my own spirit’s pride
To keep me from the peace of those
Who are not lonely, having died.

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