But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I lay them at your … - William Butler Yeats

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But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I lay them at your feet. Tread lightly, for you tread on my dreams.

William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish symbolist poet, dramatist and mystic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He compiled the Oxford Book of Modern Verse.

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Alternative Names: W. B. Yeats • William Yeats • W.B. Yeats • WBY

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