• 他冀求天国的锦缎   （叶慈）

假如我有天国的锦绣绸缎，
那用金色银色的光线织就，
黑夜、白天、黎明和傍晚，
湛蓝、灰暗和漆黑的锦缎，
我就把这锦缎铺于你脚下；
可我，一贫如洗，只有梦；
我把我的梦铺在了你脚下，
轻点，因为你踏着我的梦。

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.