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Have there been any short films or video adaptations of 'A Dream Within a Dream'?

Johnny As of 2022, there's been a few film shorts produced using 'A Dream Within a Dream' as inspiration, but they seem to have been niche passion projects m…moreAs of 2022, there's been a few film shorts produced using 'A Dream Within a Dream' as inspiration, but they seem to have been niche passion projects more than adaptations which garnered mainstream interest. If you're curious, you should be able to find a synopsis and production details for them with ease on IMDb.(less)

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How long does it take to read this poem?

Johnny 0h01m—About a minute, per the bare-bones edition of 'A Dream Within a Dream'. It's a short poem, after all.…more0h01m—About a minute, per the bare-bones edition of 'A Dream Within a Dream'. It's a short poem, after all.(less)

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Can someone post the complete original version of 'A Dream Within a Dream'?

Johnny Considering it was first published in 1849 and has long since passed into the public domain, here it is:

🙤 A Dream Within a Dream 🙦
Take this kiss…moreConsidering it was first published in 1849 and has long since passed into the public domain, here it is:

🙤 A 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 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?
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