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.
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?
Far Away In The Sunshine 
Thank you Elaine…There is something so special when a great poet touches our soul with his words, don't you think?
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I am loving all the wonderful words I am seeing here on your posts 🙂
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Thank you, for visiting Christina :-)This photograph was taken last year, while we were in Oceanside Beach, South California, and it reminded me so much of where I grew up, close to the Atlantic Ocean. I guess an Ocean is an Ocean not matter which side it's on…right?
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i am a lover of poe. and i adore this photo.: )
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