He wishes for the cloths of heaven

W. B. Yeats

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.

Fonte: Pinto, J. N. 2002. Solos do silêncio, 3ª ed. SP, Geração Editorial. Poema – então sob o título ‘Aedh wishes for...’ – publicado em livro em 1899.