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by Zenless on August 25th, 2009

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What is the greatest single line of poetry ever written?

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  • by SomewhereSomething on August 30th, 2009

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    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?
    (From A Dream Within A Dream, an Edgar Allan Poe poem)

    These are my favourite lines right now, but I couldn't tell you what the greatest single line of poetry ever written is. I doubt anyone would agree on that. I love your question though.

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