Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PICTURES IN SMOKE, SELECTION, by T. H. ELLIOT


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PICTURES IN SMOKE, SELECTION, by                    
First Line: In a rapt dreamy quietude in sit
Last Line: We grow old watching pictures in the smoke.
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


In a rapt, dreamy quietude I sit
Leisurely puffing clouds from my cigar,
And down the sunbeams, with a noiseless tread,
A throng of elves come tripping from afar.
Half consciously the fairies I invoke
To paint me pictures in the tinted smoke. ...

How life is like this vapour! Calm-eyed Hope
In fairy guise paints it with pictures rare,
And while we gaze and stretch out eager hands,
Behold the phantoms vanish in the air!
Urged by a fate no pleading can revoke,
We grow old watching pictures in the smoke.





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