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by Edgar Allan Poe

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Poems of Youth

“The Happiest Day”

IThe happiest day—the happiest hour
My seared and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
I feel hath flown.
IIOf power! said I? Yes! such I ween
But they have vanished long, alas!
The visions of my youth have been—
But let them pass.
IIIAnd pride, what have I now with thee?
Another brow may ev’n inherit
The venom thou hast poured on me—
Be still my spirit!
IVThe happiest day—the happiest hour
Mine eyes shall see—have ever seen
The brightest glance of pride and power
I feel have been:
VBut 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:
VIFor 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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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar Allan Poe – Poems of Later Life – Poems of Manhood – Poems of Youth – Doubtful Poems – Prose Poems

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