Aedh 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.
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
A short poem this week, but one I have loved for a long time.
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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I have a hand-coloured Cuala Press broadsheet of that poem on my wall. I've loved it since I was a child.
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