The Sundial - A Dream within a Dream Lyrics
Take this kiss upon the brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avowYou are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream (a dream) [2x]That my days have been a dream...Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream (a dream) [2x]O God! can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave (wave... wave...)?[violin solo]I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sandHow few! Yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep, while I weep!Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?