I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Dreams

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." The Wind Among Reeds. New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Another quote by W.B. Yeats

Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
Remorse Regrets

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1890s

Some people are far more sensitive to resemblances, and far more ready to point out wherein they consist, than others are. They are the wits, the poets, the inventors, the scientific men, the practical geniuses.

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Topic
Combinatorial creativity Creativity

Author

William James
Source
The Principles of Psychology
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 13.