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.
(corrected: thank you, readers)
the author is william wordsworth not auden
Comment by jiohn doe — September 7, 2006 @ 6:53 pm
It is NOT Auden, NOT Wordsworth, but William Butler Yeats.
What a shocker! Hope you’re more accurate usually.
Comment by Barbara Hansen — February 21, 2007 @ 12:10 am
This is NOT Auden’s poem!!! It’s William Butler Yeats! For God’s sake!
Comment by IVANA — October 20, 2007 @ 7:12 pm