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    This poem by Edgar Allan Poe explores themes of impermanence and the fleeting nature of life. The speaker takes a final leave from his love, acknowledging that their time together may have just been a dream. In the second stanza, the speaker stands by the sea, desperately trying to hold on to handfuls of sand as they slip through his fingers, much like how moments in life slip away, just as in a dream within a dream. The poem ends by reiterating the line "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" emphasizing the ephemeral nature of reality and life experiences.

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    This poem by Edgar Allan Poe explores themes of impermanence and the fleeting nature of life. The speaker takes a final leave from his love, acknowledging that their time together may have just been a dream. In the second stanza, the speaker stands by the sea, desperately trying to hold on to handfuls of sand as they slip through his fingers, much like how moments in life slip away, just as in a dream within a dream. The poem ends by reiterating the line "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" emphasizing the ephemeral nature of reality and life experiences.

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    A Dream Within A Dream

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    This poem by Edgar Allan Poe explores themes of impermanence and the fleeting nature of life. The speaker takes a final leave from his love, acknowledging that their time together may have just been a dream. In the second stanza, the speaker stands by the sea, desperately trying to hold on to handfuls of sand as they slip through his fingers, much like how moments in life slip away, just as in a dream within a dream. The poem ends by reiterating the line "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" emphasizing the ephemeral nature of reality and life experiences.

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    A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM

    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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