All that we see or seem
is but a dream within a dream.
is but a dream within a dream.
A Dream Within a Dream
~ A story about a picture ~
The Homecoming statue at the Inner Harbour, next to the Victoria Visitor Centre at Ship's Point, is one of the most emotional statues in Victoria. The sculpture is made by Nathan Scott. It was made for the 100th Birthday of Canada's Navy. The commemorative bricks around the statue are the result of the fundraising for the Military Family Resource Centre.
“The statue depicts a sailor returning from sea with outstretched arms to welcome his daughter,” said co-chair of the Homecoming Statue Committee, Rear-Admiral (Ret) Ken Summers. “This statue represents the special moment in the life of any sailor when they return from the sea to once again meet their family.”
“The statue depicts a sailor returning from sea with outstretched arms to welcome his daughter,” said co-chair of the Homecoming Statue Committee, Rear-Admiral (Ret) Ken Summers. “This statue represents the special moment in the life of any sailor when they return from the sea to once again meet their family.”
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?
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?
On May 4, 1910 Canada officially launched its own navy. An artist’s sketch of a naval centennial statue project called “The Homecoming” was unveiled May 4, 2009 by Steven L. Point, Lieutenant-Governor of B.C., on Wharf Street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The statue was revealed on May 4, 2010 at the Tourism Victoria Information Centre on Wharf Street, which overlooks the Legislature building and the Inner Harbour.
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Deidre McAuliffe
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Artwork: Sarah Riordan
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Published by Urban Book Circle on November 19, 2013
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Column: Deidre McAuliffe
All rights reserved 2013. Copyright © Deidre McAuliffe
Artwork: Sarah Riordan
All rights reserved 2013. Copyright © Sarah Riordan
C O N T A C T
Published by Urban Book Circle on November 19, 2013
Urban Book Circle® (UBC)
