The Happiest Day

The Happiest Dayby Edgar Allan Poe
Story copied from the Wikisource.
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==Original Version==
(Original.)
The happiest day—the happiest hour,My sear'd and blighted heart has known,The brightest glance of pride and powerI feel hath flown —Of power, said I? Yes, such I ween —But it has vanish'd—long alas!The visions of my youth have been —But let them pass. —And pride! what have I now with thee?Another brow may e'en inheritThe venom thou hast pour'd on me:Be still my spirit.The smile of love—soft friendship's charm —Bright hope itself has fled at last,'T will ne'er again my bosom warm—'Tis ever past.The happiest day,—the happiest hour,Mine eyes shall see,—have ever seen, —The brightest glance of pride and power,I feel has been. W. H. P.
==Tamerlane and other poems Version==
THE happiest day—the happiest hour
 My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
 I feel hath flown.
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.And, pride, what have I now with thee? Another brow may even inheritThe venom thou hast pour'd on me— Be still, my spirit.The happiest day—the happiest hour Mine eyes shall see—have ever seen,The brightest glance of pride and power, I feel—have been:But were that hope of pride and power Now offer'd, with the painEven then I felt—that brightest hour I would not live again:For on its wing was dark alloy. And as it flutter'd—fellAn essence—powerful to destroy A soul that knew it well.
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