Friday, April 3, 2009

Elation




Definição de elation na Web em Inglês:
an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
a feeling of joy and pride
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elated - exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; "the elated winner"; "felt elated and excited"
elated - full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"
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elating - making lively and joyful
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elated - Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elated

Mood and affect disorder. Joy and optimism; overconfidence; increased motor activity.
«You see things; and you say, 'Why?'
But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"»
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Back to Methuselah" (1921), part 1, act 1

*Photo by Oleksiy Maksymenko




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?

Edgar Allan Poe