From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.

Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were,...
From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were,...
From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were,...
From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were,...
About This Quote

This quote is written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. He wrote it in his poem, Ozymandias. The main idea of the poem is that everything that he has known and loved has died, because it cannot be seen any longer. The only thing that will stay alive is the memory of it.

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