In honour of her wedding today, allow me a moment of shameless and mushy sentimentality to quote my current favourite love poem:

"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."

-- William Butler Yeats

Congratulations, Emily and KW!

Comments

yeats was a pure genius! i love that poem :)

comment by nadine at 06:53 AM on 10.24.04 [ link ]

mushy mushy mushy....but I'm sending mushy best wishes too...

comment by martha at 11:18 AM on 10.24.04 [ link ]

I just allowed a girly squeal to escape my lips (I'm so ashamed). I absolutely love that poem, and printed it on the programs at my wedding. We both wanted to have someone read it during the ceremony, but we don't know anyone who can read poetry properly.

Congrats to Emily and KW!

comment by Annika at 09:18 PM on 10.24.04 [ link ]

whoa, they got married? last time i read they split up. Damn! shows how much i keep up with her blog. Anyway , WB yeats is muh fav. poet.

comment by pylorns at 04:26 PM on 10.25.04 [ link ]

btw, that poem was used in the movie Equilibrium.

comment by pylorns at 04:26 PM on 10.25.04 [ link ]

That has always been my favorite love poem too..... gosh I think I'm gonna cry.....excuse me

(didn't Em make the most beautiful bride?)

comment by Casey at 10:10 PM on 10.25.04 [ link ]