Edgar Allan Poe · “A Dream Within a Dream”
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
| Source | Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream” (1849) |
| Date | 1849 — last year of Poe’s life |
| Wording | Exact |
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About This Line
Published in 1849, the last year of Poe’s life, the poem ends on a beach with the speaker watching sand run through his fingers, unable to hold a single grain. It doesn’t wonder whether what we grasp is real — it concludes it isn’t.
Why We Carry This Line
Many of us know The Raven, but this was not a Poe line seen as often. That drew me in.
