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
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?
埃德加·爱伦·坡（1809～1849），19世纪美国诗人、小说家和文学评论家，长期担任报刊编辑工作。其作品形式精致、语言优美、内容多样，在任何时代都是“独一无二”的风格。爱伦·坡被尊崇为美国浪漫主义运动要角之一，以悬疑、惊悚小说最负盛名，被公认为推理小说开创者、象征主义先驱，甚至被视为科幻小说的奠基人。
张品芹（禾青），上海翻译家协会会员，主要从事外国歌曲译配，译著有《世界少儿合唱珍品集》、《雪绒花——快乐少儿英语歌曲精选》等，并散见于《歌曲》杂志以及《情动俄罗斯》、《乌克兰歌曲选集》等歌曲集。
