“Alone! — that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!”

The New Timon, (1846). Part ii.

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English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician 1803–1873

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“Alone! — that worn-out word,So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;Yet all that poets sing and grief hath knownOf hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!”

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“Alone! — that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!”