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　　作者埃德加·爱伦·坡(Edgar Allan Poe)，[爱伦·坡]，十九世纪美国诗人、小说家和文学评论家，在世时长期担任报刊编辑工作。其作品是在任何时代都是“独一无二”的风格。语言和形式精致、优美，内容多样。侦探小说鼻祖、科幻小说先驱之一、恐怖小说大师、短篇哥特小说巅峰、象征主义先驱之一，唯美主义者。
        　　"The Happiest Day"
        　　[by E.A.Poe]
        　　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 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 even inherit
        　　The venom thou hast pour'd on me
        　　Be still, my spirit!
        　　
       
               

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                　　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 pain
       
       
                　　Even then I felt -- that brightest hour
       
       
                　　I would not live again:
       
       
                　　For on its wing was dark alloy,
       
       
                　　And, as it flutter'd -- fell
       
       
                　　An essence -- powerful to destroy
       
       
                　　A soul that knew it well.