I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Dreams

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." The Wind Among Reeds. New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Another quote by W.B. Yeats

Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
Remorse Regrets

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1890s

How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof!...In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make—leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents, or piled stone—we all dwell in a house of one room—the world with the firmament for its roof—and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.

John Muir

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Topic
The night sky Interconnectedness of all people

Author

John Muir
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Muir, John. Journal entry. 18 July 1890.