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?
Oh jeez, give us something harder than Poe next time!
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Ever heard the Alan Parsons version from Tales of Mystery and Imagination? Awesome!
Absolutely — I love the entire album and all of those that came after. I’m a big AP fan. Saw them live several years ago, something I never thought would happen since they didn’t tour in their heydey.
The newest album is an interesting change of pace for them, dabbling in electronica to a certain extent. Still recognizably AP but different at the same time.
Is that A Valid Path? Yes I have that one too. Quite enjoyed it. Sobering to realize his son is on the album as well.
Yes, A Valid Path. One of AP’s collaborators is part of the trance-hallucinogenic group Shpongle, which I’ve grown fond of recently, too.