Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven
W. B. Yeats’ poem “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” was published in 1899 in his third volume of poetry, “The Wind Among the Reeds”.
William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Ireland, and he died on 28 January 1939 in Menton, France, at the age of 73.A poet, dramatist, and writer, Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish literary revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment, helping to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years, he served two terms as a senator of the Irish Free State.
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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.