Had I the heaven's 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..
Such was William Butler Yeats obsession for his all-time love and crush, Maude Gonne, that he offers her the heavens of his dreams..
it is entirely personal and authentic, as the heavens of his dreams are what he imagined himself, no one else is involved in creating this beautifully crafted embroidery of his dreams..
Somehow, he must have been inspired by her beauty to be able to skillfully create his 'cloths of heavens'
However, there was no indication of his love being accepted by Gonne..
In fact, she turned down his proposal three times!
What a determined lady!
Poor Yeats..
His intention seems pure and sincere to me, as it is unconditional..
he did not ask for anything in return..
and we didn't hear any reply from the other party, right?
sah la unrequited love..huuu~
All he asks is for her to 'tread softly on his dreams..(Afterall, it is his DREAMS..)
as he has expressed his love..
which makes him all the more vulnerable of being hurt..
Mark that however hard it is for a man to express his love,
being rejected must have hurt more..
and I think it's the same vice versa~
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..
Such was William Butler Yeats obsession for his all-time love and crush, Maude Gonne, that he offers her the heavens of his dreams..
it is entirely personal and authentic, as the heavens of his dreams are what he imagined himself, no one else is involved in creating this beautifully crafted embroidery of his dreams..
Somehow, he must have been inspired by her beauty to be able to skillfully create his 'cloths of heavens'
However, there was no indication of his love being accepted by Gonne..
In fact, she turned down his proposal three times!
What a determined lady!
Poor Yeats..
His intention seems pure and sincere to me, as it is unconditional..
he did not ask for anything in return..
and we didn't hear any reply from the other party, right?
sah la unrequited love..huuu~
All he asks is for her to 'tread softly on his dreams..(Afterall, it is his DREAMS..)
as he has expressed his love..
which makes him all the more vulnerable of being hurt..
Mark that however hard it is for a man to express his love,
being rejected must have hurt more..
and I think it's the same vice versa~
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