Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W. B. Yeats

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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.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” was originally published in Yeats’s collection The Wind Among the Reeds (John Lane, 1899).   A poet, playwright, and Irish cultural leader, Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1865. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Yeats died in France in January of 1939. Poetry by Yeats   The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (Scribner, 1996) "A Story About Dying" by Kevin Prufer "Spleen" by Charles Baudelaire "Seven Years" by Daisy Fried Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038