"He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats

 

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.

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Who wrote the poem "He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven"?

William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939)

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, playwright, prose writer, and is widely considered as one of the greatest poets of the 20^th century. He was born to the Protestant, Anglo-Irish community that considered themselves English people born in Ireland and had largely controlled the economic, political, and social life of Ireland. However, Yeats strongly affirmed his Irish nationality and found inspiration in Irish legends and the occult in his early career. Later his poetry became more physical and realistic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. 

"He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven" explanation

In the poem, the speaker expresses his love for his beloved, saying that he would give all the luxuries in the world (symbolized by heavenly cloths of different lights) if he could. But, being poor, he could only offer his dreams. He pleads his beloved to “tread softly” on his dreams, which is delicate and vulnerable. This short and beautiful poem is generally thought to be written for Maud Gonne, the subject of the poet’s lifelong unrequited love.