Oct 04

all that we see or seem

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This is Minty’s tattoo.

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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?
- Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream Within A Dream

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

- Excerpt from A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

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ophelia - 04 Oct 09 at 19:48:13

Such a nice quote. Off-topic, I love your surface piercing! You pull it off so much better than most. <3

ASHSMI - 10 Oct 09 at 08:58:38

great words and writing, suits you well

minty - 28 Oct 09 at 21:03:17

thanks guys! it’s been a year since i got this and i just started adding to it last month. i know have giant poppies (representative of sleep) from the front, over my shoulder to the back. and thanks for the surface piercing comment!

benjamin - 07 Dec 10 at 16:24:19

beautiful. so much more meaningful than other collar tattoos I have seen