2012
Alone
Composed by 
Joseph Turrin
Joseph Turrin Text by 
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale Three Songs Song Collection
"Alone" is the first song of Joseph Turrin's song cycle Three Songs, which sets the poetry of Sara Teasdale.
Text
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.
Audio
*”Alone” (from “Three Songs”)
TBA2:55