Tread softly because you tread on my dreams

Converge is the title of the Weekly Photo Challenge and here you have it … all sorts of natural lines converging on a crisp November day in my village. The river is La Tarentaine and I think she has the feel of a golden cloth as she drapes herself over the wier. Hence the quote from Yeats. Who I love unconditionally.
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.
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Lovely photo! I did go out with my camera but nothing really inspired me, probably as we have been stuck in cloud for a couple of days.
I was struggling to be honest and then this morning the sun shone on a hoar-struck frozen village and this was the point and shoot result. I’m so glad you like it. May you be lucky on the morrow 🙂
I too adore Yeats, and especially that poem, which a very dear friend read for us at our wedding.
How wonderful and what a lovely forever link to the sublime lines 🙂
What a lovely place to sniff around.
The Bean loves it here … you are welcome anytime – the food’s good too 🙂
An excellent marriage of beautiful words and a beautiful image. Chapeau.
Merci infiniment, Susie 🙂
Love this photo, Osyth. Am a bit Yeats fan too. My husband is from Sligo (Yeats country) so I’ve spent a lot of time visiting places Yeats writes about. Live about 10 minutes from where he was born in Dublin too. If only you could develop talent by osmosis.:)
Oh we HAVE to talk … I’ve not been to Dublin but lived for some time in West Cork. I miss it. His voice sums up so much that I wish I could say ….
One of my favourite poems by one of my favourite poets to go with such a beautiful photo. There is nothing cold about the eye you cast on life, it is full of warmth and is truly golden 🙂
Thank you Andrew … What a lovely thing to say 🙂