A Dream Within a Dream
A Dream Within a Dream
by Edgar Allan Poe
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?
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Just look at that second verse. I guess we now know where they got the idea for the movie "Inception" ;)
Sorry for all the poetry (well, sorta sorry) but I've been reading a lot of it the last couple days, and some of it's just too good not to share ;).
Oh I love Edgar Allan Poe:) his work is amazing!
ReplyDeleteand the movie Inception. lol.
lovely blog by the way:)
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Hey Faith,
ReplyDeleteIsn't he amazing? So often I read something of his, and I think "Why do I even try?!". And Inception is one of my faves ^_^
Thank you! Your's is quite lovely also :)