1. A
Dream Dream
Within A Within A
Dream Dream
by Edgar Allan by Edgar Allan
Poe Poe
Take this kiss upon Take this kiss upon
the brow! the brow!
And, in parting from And, in parting from
you now, you now,
Thus much let me Thus much let me
avow-- avow--
You are not wrong, You are not wrong,
who deem who deem
That my days have That my days have
been a dream; been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown Yet if hope has flown
away away
In a night, or in a In a night, or in a
day, day,
In a vision, or in In a vision, or in
none, none,
Is it therefore the Is it therefore the
less gone? less gone?
All that we see or All that we see or
seem seem
Is but a dream within Is but a dream within
a dream. a dream.
I stand amid the roar I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented Of a surf-tormented
shore, shore,
And I hold within my And I hold within my
hand hand
Grains of the golden Grains of the golden
sand-- sand--
How few! yet how they How few! yet how they
creep creep