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A Dream Within A Dream (by Edgar Allen 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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Allein (Von Hermann Hesse) Es fuhren uber die Erde Strassen und Wege viel, Aber alle haben, Das selbe Ziel. Du kannst reiten und fahren Zu zwein und zu drein, Den letzen Schritt Musst du gehen allein. Drum ist kein Wissen Noch Konnen so gut, Als dass mann alles Schwere Alleine tut. |
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She Walks In Beauty (by Lord Byron) She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! |
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Midsummer (by Sydney King Russell) You loved me for a little, Who could not love me long; You gave me wings of gladness And lent my spirit song. You loved me for an hour But only with your eyes; Your lips I could not capture By storm or by surprise. Your mouth that I remember With rush of sudden pain As one remembers starlight Or roses after rain¡¦ Out of a world of laughter Suddenly I am sad¡¦ Day and night is haunts me, The kiss I never had. |
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