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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? ... Poet: Edgar Allan Poe	Without and Within Anonymous translation from the Italian IF every man’s internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now? The fatal secret, when revealed, Of every aching breast, Would prove that only while... Poet: Pietro Metastasio	Exhilaration — is within — Exhilaration — is within — There can no Outer Wine So royally intoxicate As that diviner Brand The Soul achieves — Herself — To drink — or set away For Visitor — Or Sacrament — 'Tis not... Poet:	I hide myself within my flower, I hide myself within my flower, That fading from your Vase, You, unsuspecting, feel for me — Almost a loneliness. Poet:
I saw the wind within her I saw the wind within her I knew it blew for me — But she must buy my shelter I asked Humility Poet:	New feet within my garden go — New feet within my garden go, New fingers stir the sod ; A troubadour upon the elm Betrays the solitude. New children play upon the green,... Poet:	The Brain, within its Groove The Brain, within its Groove Runs evenly — and true — But let a Splinter swerve — 'Twere easier for You — To put a Current back — When Floods have slit the Hills — And... Poet:	The Lamp burns sure — within — The Lamp burns sure — within — Tho' Serfs — supply the Oil — It matters not the busy Wick — At her phosphoric toil! The Slave — forgets — to fill — The Lamp — burns golden — on — Unconscious that the... Poet:
The mob within the heart The mob within the heart Police cannot suppress The riot given at the first Is authorized as peace Uncertified of scene Or signified of sound But growing like a hurricane In a congenial... Poet:	To own the Art within the Soul To own the Art within the Soul The Soul to entertain With Silence as a Company And Festival maintain Is an unfurnished Circumstance Possession is to One As an Estate perpetual Or a... Poet: