Read the poem: ” The Happiest Day “

by Edgar Allan Poe

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“The Happiest Day”

I	The happiest day—the happiest hour My seared and blighted heart hath known, The highest hope of pride and power, I feel hath flown.
II	Of power! said I? Yes! such I ween But they have vanished long, alas! The visions of my youth have been— But let them pass.
III	And pride, what have I now with thee? Another brow may ev’n inherit The venom thou hast poured on me— Be still my spirit!
IV	The happiest day—the happiest hour Mine eyes shall see—have ever seen The brightest glance of pride and power I feel have been:
V	But were that hope of pride and power Now offered with the pain Ev’n then I felt—that brightest hour I would not live again:
VI	For on its wing was dark alloy And as it fluttered—fell An essence—powerful to destroy A soul that knew it well.

1827

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