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.
- William Butler Yeats
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
84 Charing Cross Road (movie)
This poem of begins with a wish of man who wants to give everything that is beautiful and valuable to his love. He would, if he had the wealth, offer her these riches throughout the 24-hours of a day--through sunrise and the half-light of twilight and the blue grey(dim) of evening sunset.
He knows that this is an impossible dream, still, he wants it to be known. After all doesn't love make us believe anything is possible? Our dreams and desires are fragile things. We see in this poem both a universal divinity and a universal dignity. Love can either encourage us or discourage us. When we hear another person's dreams of love, we should "tread softly" and be grateful.
Youth Group Rehearsing by composer Stephen Lange
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