The Haunted Palace

In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace-
Radiant palace-reared its head.
In the monarch Thought's dominion,
It stood there!
Never seraph spread a pinion
Over fabric half so fair!
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow
(This-all this-was in the olden
Time long ago)
And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day,
Along the ramparts plumed and pallid,
A wingèd odor went away.
Wanderers in that happy valley,
Through two luminous windows, saw
Spirits moving musically
To a lute's well-tunèd law,
Round about a throne where, sitting,
Porphyrogene!
In state his glory well befitting,
The ruler of the realm was seen.
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Was the fair palace door,
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing
And sparkling evermore,
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate;
(Ah, let us mourn!-for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him, desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
And travellers, now, within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody;
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever,
And laugh-but smile no more. 
== Location ==
The Haunted Palace is found in the library of Misery in the Ruptured Towers. It is found on an altar at the beginning of the dungeon with a scroll of Iron Knuckle Thrall
== Background and Inspiration ==
The Haunted Palace is by Edgar Allan Poe, and was included in version 6.0 to allude to Hyrule Castle and to Hyrule itself.
Dream Within a Dream (also by Poe) was originally the primary poem used for Misery, but JKalenad replaced it with The Haunted Palace to better connect with The City in the Sky.
JKalenad was determined to include a poem by Edgar Allan Poe in Relics of Hyrule because of the spirits that share his name.
== See Also ==
Ruptured Towers - Misery
The City in the Sky
Dream Within a Dream
Ruptured Poems
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