I think this is the most amazing poem. I love how it starts with the list of the most beautiful, mystical things that he would throw at the feet of his beloved to show the depth of his love, but then he turns it all on its head and shows how much more powerful it is to just say that my love is not about material things, my love for you is about my very soul. I also like the fact that it’s a little emotionally manipulative: I love you more than I can say, but don’t you hurt me! I guess it just reminds me of the wobbliness and the craziness of being in love. I read it at my wedding, that’s how much I like it.

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.
by William Butler Yeats

Alan Cumming is an actor, originally from Carnoustie. He has appeared in countless plays, films and TV shows, and was the voice of Persnikitty in the movie Garfield.