Which poem is it?

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I am an avid fan of poe's poetry. Although i stopped reading them some time ago, one particular bit still rings in my head. i would like to request for help from anyone that might know the answer to my question. There is a poem that starts with (or has this line) that states, "...take this kiss upon the brow..&..as i leave you now..."

i can't seem to find it on the net! anyone who knows the answer to the name of this poem and/or has it. Could you please kindly email me with it? thank you all very much for helping me out.

Charles

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000

Answers

A Dream Within a Dream

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 On 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! Oh God! Can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? Oh God! Can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000


|A Dream Within a Dream | |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 |On 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! |Oh God! Can I not grasp |Them with a tighter clasp? |Oh God! Can I not save |One from the pitiless wave? |Is all that we see or seem |But a dream within a dream? | |(I added line separators this time because it looks a bit confusing |without them)

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2000

dont know dont know or shall i care

-- Anonymous, March 02, 2005

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