A Dream Within A Dream
by Edgar Allan Poe (bookmark) (print) (next)
Author Category: Americas. Written in 1827. Show lines.
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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I play soccer, baseball, basketball and I write poems. I also collect quotes and such. Here are some of my favs!
-Life is 10% how you make it, 90% how you take it.
-Do not walk behind me I may not lead, Do not walk in front of me I may not follow, Walk beside me as my friend.
-What are eyes? Two holes in the mask of life.
-Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
-Have a belief in yourself that is bigger then anyones disbeleif.
-You must be the change you wish in the world.
-They say a person needs three things to be truly happy. Someone to love, something to do and something to hope for.
-Examine the contents, not the bottle.
-You will suffer and you will hurt, You will have a pain and you will have joy.
-Beleiving in ourselves that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfied life.
-Should I smile because were friends, or cy because thats all we'll ever be.
-If you think your to small to make an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.
-How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
-You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself whichever way you choose.
-Live life as if everyday were your last, your only and your first.
-Never let a stain on your past make a mark on your future.
-You can shoot me with your words, you can kill me with your hatefullness, but like the sun I'll rise.
-Forget the past and remember there's always tomorrow to improve on.
-We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
-The question is not "what have I done?" but "what will I do?".
-Don't dream your dreams but live them.
-The greatest gift is life.
-Life is how you make it!
-Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
-You were born with wings, so why prefer to walk through life?
-Never look back. Never regret. Never forget the people you've met. Never begin and never end. Never say never when in comes to friends.
-Drink up me 'earties! Yo Ho!! (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-You can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest, honestly, it's the honest ones you can never trust because you never know what they're going to do. (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-The only things that really matter are what a man can do and what a man can't do. (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-Whereever you go, Whatever you do, I'll be here missing you.
-I want to scream. I want to shout. I want to have faith and never doubt. I want to bend. I want to break, to sleep and never wake. To break down walls and escape, be alone and hide my face. I want to feel, I want to touch. I want to stop wanting it so much.
-Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worthwhile, so when you are lonely remember it's true, someone somewhere is thinking of you.
-Our eyes are places in front, because it's more important to look forward then to look back.
-Don't wish upon a star, reach for one.
-If only, I only, the moon speaks no reply;
Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.
Be strony my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only
-A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.
-You who read.... May you seek. As you who look; May you keep, What you need; May you care, what you choose; And know here in this book, something strange, something sure, that will change you and be yours. (Inkheart by Carolyn Funke ( i think) )
-Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
-You try and you fail and you try and you fail and you try and you fail. But the only real failure is when you cease to try.
-Winners never quit, quitters never win!
-If you are a dreamer, come in.
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A Hope-er, a Pray-er, a Magic Beam buy-er,
If you are a pretender, come sit by my fire,
For we have some flax- golden tales to spin.
Come In!
Come In!
Come In!
- I just want to dance in the moonlight with someone who also hears the music
- You can’t depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus
- When all else fails, WRITE!
- The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us will escape to the stars.
- What would men be without woman? Scarce, sir….mighty scarce (Mark Twain)
- What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money (Henny Youngman)
- Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be. (Karen Ravn)
- Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. (Laurence J. Peter)
- I write for the same reason I breathe.... because if I didn't, I would die. (Isaac Asimov)
- Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)
- You may my glories, and my states depose. But not my grief’s, still am I King of those (Shakespeare)
- If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candle light, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. (Henry Rollins)
- If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write. (Stephen King)
Well there they are MY FAV QUOTES!!
by Edgar Allan Poe (bookmark) (print) (next)
Author Category: Americas. Written in 1827. Show lines.
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 play soccer, baseball, basketball and I write poems. I also collect quotes and such. Here are some of my favs!
-Life is 10% how you make it, 90% how you take it.
-Do not walk behind me I may not lead, Do not walk in front of me I may not follow, Walk beside me as my friend.
-What are eyes? Two holes in the mask of life.
-Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
-Have a belief in yourself that is bigger then anyones disbeleif.
-You must be the change you wish in the world.
-They say a person needs three things to be truly happy. Someone to love, something to do and something to hope for.
-Examine the contents, not the bottle.
-You will suffer and you will hurt, You will have a pain and you will have joy.
-Beleiving in ourselves that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfied life.
-Should I smile because were friends, or cy because thats all we'll ever be.
-If you think your to small to make an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.
-How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
-You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes, you can steer yourself whichever way you choose.
-Live life as if everyday were your last, your only and your first.
-Never let a stain on your past make a mark on your future.
-You can shoot me with your words, you can kill me with your hatefullness, but like the sun I'll rise.
-Forget the past and remember there's always tomorrow to improve on.
-We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
-The question is not "what have I done?" but "what will I do?".
-Don't dream your dreams but live them.
-The greatest gift is life.
-Life is how you make it!
-Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
-You were born with wings, so why prefer to walk through life?
-Never look back. Never regret. Never forget the people you've met. Never begin and never end. Never say never when in comes to friends.
-Drink up me 'earties! Yo Ho!! (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-You can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest, honestly, it's the honest ones you can never trust because you never know what they're going to do. (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-The only things that really matter are what a man can do and what a man can't do. (Pirates of the Caribbean)
-Whereever you go, Whatever you do, I'll be here missing you.
-I want to scream. I want to shout. I want to have faith and never doubt. I want to bend. I want to break, to sleep and never wake. To break down walls and escape, be alone and hide my face. I want to feel, I want to touch. I want to stop wanting it so much.
-Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worthwhile, so when you are lonely remember it's true, someone somewhere is thinking of you.
-Our eyes are places in front, because it's more important to look forward then to look back.
-Don't wish upon a star, reach for one.
-If only, I only, the moon speaks no reply;
Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.
Be strony my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only
-A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.
-You who read.... May you seek. As you who look; May you keep, What you need; May you care, what you choose; And know here in this book, something strange, something sure, that will change you and be yours. (Inkheart by Carolyn Funke ( i think) )
-Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
-You try and you fail and you try and you fail and you try and you fail. But the only real failure is when you cease to try.
-Winners never quit, quitters never win!
-If you are a dreamer, come in.
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A Hope-er, a Pray-er, a Magic Beam buy-er,
If you are a pretender, come sit by my fire,
For we have some flax- golden tales to spin.
Come In!
Come In!
Come In!
- I just want to dance in the moonlight with someone who also hears the music
- You can’t depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus
- When all else fails, WRITE!
- The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us will escape to the stars.
- What would men be without woman? Scarce, sir….mighty scarce (Mark Twain)
- What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money (Henny Youngman)
- Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be. (Karen Ravn)
- Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. (Laurence J. Peter)
- I write for the same reason I breathe.... because if I didn't, I would die. (Isaac Asimov)
- Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. (H. Jackson Brown Jr.)
- You may my glories, and my states depose. But not my grief’s, still am I King of those (Shakespeare)
- If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candle light, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you. (Henry Rollins)
- If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to write. (Stephen King)
Well there they are MY FAV QUOTES!!
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capricornpoet on August 13, 2005thanks for reviewing my poem "days of rain",you were close to target
,it is about having so many responsibilities and not
being able to shed any of them and run free , so comes
"days of rain" i suppose it is like depression where nothing is
wrong except the burden .. by the way I liked your quotes ,
the one about the mosquito in the room was really funny ,but true , smiles at you ...i have a few mosquitos in my room ,
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aakb9669 on November 27, 2004"-Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
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