He says this: "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold 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."
Yeates ütleb järgnevalt: "Kui mul oleks taevaste jagu tikitud kangaid, sepistatud kulla ja hõbeda valgusega, Siniseid ja sumedaid ja tumedaid kangaid öölt ja valguselt ning pool-valguselt, Ma laotaksin need kangad Su jalge alla. Aga kuna ma olen vaene, on mul ainult mu unistused. Ma olen laotanud oma unistused Su jalge alla; Sammu pehmelt, sest Sa jalutad mu unistustel."