如若我有天国的锦缎,以金色的光线织就,蔚蓝的、灰蒙的、漆黑的锦缎变换着黑夜、黄昏和白昼。我愿把这锦缎铺展在你足下...而我,孑然一身,徒留我的梦想,在你脚下展开梦想之翼,请轻轻踏足...——叶芝《他冀求天国的锦缎》
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.