A Dream Within A Dream

by Edgar Allan Poe 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?

The Man He Killed

by Thomas Hardy Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin! But ranged as infantry, And staring face to face, I shot at him as he at me, And killed him in his place. I shot him dead because-Because he was my foe, Just so: my foe of course he was; That's clear enough; although He thought he'd 'list, perhaps, Off-hand like--just as I-Was out of work--had sold his traps-No other reason why. Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down You'd treat, if met where any bar is, Or help to half a crown.

The Farewell
by Edward Field They say the ice will hold so there I go, forced to believe them by my act of trusting people, stepping out on it, and naturally it gaps open and I, forced to carry on coolly by my act of being imperturbable, slide erectly into the water wearing my captain's helmet, waving to the shore with a sad smile, "Goodbye my darlings, goodbye dear one," as the ice meets again over my head with a click.

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travel both Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

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SPROUT I am Ebenezer Bleezer, RAUT I run BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM STORE, CUSTARD there are flavors in my freezer USTARD you have never seen before, BLE DIP twenty-eight divine creations LE FLIP too delicious to resist, GUAVA why not do yourself a favor, LAVA try the flavors on my list: L BEET WHEAT COCOA MOCHA MACARONI TAPIOCA SMOKED BALONEY zer, CHECKERBERRY CHEDDAR CHEW M STORE, CHICKEN CHERRY HONEYDEW reezer, TUTTI-FRUTTI STEWED TOMATO more. TUNA TACO BAKED POTATO LOBSTER LITCHI LIMA BEAN MOZZARELLA MANGOSTEEN ALMOND HAM MERINGUE SALAMI YAM ANCHOVY PRUNE PASTRAMI SASSAFRAS SOUVLAKI HASH SUKIYAKI SUCCOTASH BUTTER BRICKLE PEPPER PICKLE POMEGRANATE PUMPERNICKEL PEACH PIMENTO PIZZA PLUM PEANUT PUMPKIN BUBBLEGUM BROCCOLI BANANA BLUSTER CHOCOLATE CHOP SUEY CLUSTER

by Jack Prelutsky

Bleezer's Ice Cream

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