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W. B. Yeats

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

About the poet

W. B. YeatsW. B. Yeats
1865-1939

 
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Long-Legged Fly
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Memory
The Fascination of What’s Difficult
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