Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe


A Dream Within a Dream

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
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Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

I enjoyed reciting Poe outloud as a child. I've included a link to read more about his life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

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