Flame and Shadow/Alone

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Flame and Shadow  (1920)  Sara Teasdale Alone

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Macmillan Company page 139

ALONE 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.