The Cloths Of Heaven
November 14, 2008 by Bird
Filed under Blog, Skywatch Friday
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.
William Butler Yeats
Thanks to Roadgurl5 for introducing me to Skywatch Friday
For more sky photos from all over the world, go visit Sky Watch Friday!
EDIT:- So many of you lovely Skywatch people who are commenting here and have Blogger blogs… I can’t return the favour because of your comment settings! Please don’t think I don’t appreciate your visit, I truly do. Thank you!
I will remember to tread softly…
Two times perfect photo here! I love the colors and I love London!
@Donald Kinney:- Thank you Donald, I appreciate it!
@Inkataika:- Thank you Inkataika, London can be very beautiful sometimes, I think sunrise, sunset or in snow are my favourite times
What a wonderful picture. Lovely colours and greate athmosphare.
@Hello Aino, and welcome! Thank you, I’m glad you liked it
Oh my gosh Bird…that is simply beautiful! What gorgeous colors and cityscape! Am so glad you joined…SWF people are great and such an appreciative audience. (BTW, thank you so much for the mention—that reminds me that I haven’t mentioned the person who turned me onto SWF—I will do so!) Have a nice weekend!
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@Roadgurl5:- No, thank YOU Roadgurl for letting me know about this! And you are right, the SWF gang are very generous, and I’ve found a few new interesting blogs myself through this. Hope you have a good weekend too
Ooohh! Love the multi-colors of the sky!
Wonderful…both photo and poem.
Very nice capture. I like the mix of colours in the sky, the blue still lingering there.
@Ramblinground:- Thank you! It was very colourful, I don’t think I did it justice
BTW, I can’t comment on your blog because of your security settings so I’ll say it here… nice Autumn colours in your pic!
@Mary:- Thank you, I took the photo and the poem was by W B Yeats so I can’t take any credit there
I thought the sky matched the poem though, and it was far prettier for real.
@Gwendolen:- Thank you! It was so spectacular, far lovelier in real life. Hard to get those ever changing colours!
Thanks fot your comment, Bird.
You caught a beautiful sunset.
I love the different colours of blue and orange.
havbe a good weekend!
@Afanja:- thanks for coming to visit, the photos on your site are really lovely! Hope you have a good weekend too!
Simply gorgeous!!
And I love Yeats.
@Kit:- Thank you Kit! haven’t visited you in ages…time I came to see what you are up to
You have a lovely blog. The Yeats poem is perfect with the photo – thanks for joining us in Skywatch.
Perfect view, and perfect heavens. Nice one, Bird!
You are lucky to have dreams like those even if you had not much more.
I guess my blogger settings were good for you since you commented. Thanks for that.
A beautiful scene accompanied with a beautiful thought.
Kia ora Bird,
I have never been to London but that is the coolest photo of it I have seen. Love the Yeats as well. I look forward to perusing your colourful and interesting place here. Have a lovely day.
Rangimarie,
Robb
Quite lovely! Ironically, I believe I introduced roadgurl5 to SkyWatch, too. Nice to see new participants!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. From your post, I found my way here. Spectacular! Honestly, the photos give me goosebumps–the good kind–and your writing is lovely. What a treat.
What beautiful color, and the composition of this photo is fantastic. The bridge, the skyline, the water, never mind the colorful sky, all combine to make something fabulous. Well done!
What beautiful colors!
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Lovely pic, and always nice to see a Yeats poem….
I am SO glad that you are doing Skywatch Friday. This shot is stupendous, dreamy, and powerful. I love the Yeats quote, too!
Truly a wonderful contribution to SWF. This is a wonderful scene, the city, the sky, incredible.
@Wren:- thank you, and thank you for hosting Skywatch, I love it!
@Geoff:-cheers Geoff, good to see you here!
@Chrome3d:- yep, your comment settings are fine, but I was sad to see I needed a blogger account to comment on so many
@Sadia Hussain:- thank you Sadia, and thanks for visiting
@Robb:- Kia Ora Robb! Good to meet you!
@Lana:- Ah, really? So I kind of owe it to you as well!
@1-observer:- wow thank you, that’s quite a compliment *blush*
@Louise:- thank you kindly, I’m so glad you like it
@Stacey:- thank you for visiting here!
@Yogaforcynics:- Thank you. I’ve always particularly loved that poem, certain dusk skies will bring it to mind.
@Lydia:- wow, thank you, I’m glad to be doing Skywatch Friday too, it’s a lovely thing
@Denise, Thank you, the city is so beautiful at dusk!
That is a simply breathtaking sky… and the silhouette of the city is amazing… and the poem is perfect! Pretty much, the perfect “SkyWatch” post!
@Matthew James Didier:- thank you, and it’s good to see you here
It’s beautiful – just like an oil painting. The Yeats poem compliments it perfectly.
xhenry
@soulmerlin:-Thank you Henry, the poem is a favourite of mine, it was great to find a chance to use it.