A Dream Within A Dream

by 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.
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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?

1849.
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arcana symbols

Source: California Psychics

Key 20 in the Major Arcana is the Judgment card - oftentimes signalling a cosmic wake up call. Also represented by Scorpio, Judgment seeks to mesh the spiritual realm with your current life. If it is pulled in an upright position, the card can signal self-actualization or a desire to reach for the stars. In its reversed position, the card can mean denial of the inevitable or a fear of losing control or not attaining happiness. If you pull the Judgment card, then it might be time to reevaluate your life - the Universe is telling you something!