Tread Softly ~ William B. Yeats

Had I the heavens embroidered cloths, 

Enwrought with gold and silver light, 

of 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.

若我有天上的錦衣

織著金黃和銀白的光線

摻雜湛藍、灰暗漆黑的綢緞

象徵日夜與朝暮

我會將它鋪在你腳下

可我　一貧如洗　只有夢想相伴

於是我把我的夢想鋪在你腳下

請輕輕的踩　因為你正踩著我的夢

這首葉慈寫給情人Maud Gonne 的詩是「肯‧羅賓森爵士」於Ted.Com 的演講 -- 「推動學習革命」( Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! ) 結束前提及，演講中談到 -- 每個人的成長都是自然多元，無法制式規範... 當孩子把他們的夢想鋪在我們腳下時，我們當輕輕的踩！