W.B. Yeats published this poem in 1899, as part of his collection The Wind Among the Reeds. The poet wrote it for Maud Gonne, his muse, who rejected his marriage proposals time and again.
William Butler Yeats
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W.B. Yeats published this poem in 1899, as part of his collection The Wind Among the Reeds. The poet wrote it for Maud Gonne, his muse, who rejected his marriage proposals time and again.
I’ve always loved that last line ‘Tread Softly because you tread on my dreams.’ what a great poet he is.