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 deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sand -How few! yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep - while I weep!O God! Can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?
==Notes==
The poem can be interpreted to be from the perspective of either Zelda or any incarnation of Link. The poem can also be interpreted to explore the concept of an afterlife and the desire to rescue fellow mortals from the strife of the physical world.
==Location==
Dream Within a Dream is found in Misery, on the floor near the exit of the dungeon.
==Background and Inspiration==
Dream Within a Dream is by Edgar Allan Poe.
The poem was originally intended to be the theme poem in ​​​​​​Misery, but was replaced by The Haunted Palace. JKalenad decided to keep the poem because of Misery's location in Apocrypha, but also to further explore the themes of loss and helplessness in face of catastrophe present in the lore of Relics of Hyrule. 
==See Also==
The Haunted Palace 
Ozymandias 
Ruptured Poems
The Ruptured Towers - Misery
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