Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PICTURE PUZZLES, by ELLEN MONTGOMERY


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PICTURE PUZZLES, by                    
First Line: The firelight flickered on the hearth
Last Line: At doubts and fears that puzzled us awhile.
Subject(s): Pictures


THE firelight flickered on the hearth
As long at picture puzzles we intently played.
Hovering breathless o'er each piece, we made
Slow from the multi-colored bits,
Unmeaning to our dim, confused sight,
A thing of beauty, orderly and right.
And as we looked we laughed that we
Had been so blind, so slow to see
The meaning, when we first began,
Of those chaotic pieces of the plan.

And so perhaps when we have gone from here,
In the clear firelight of the Eternal One
We'll play at the great puzzle; and what fun
'Twill be as to our wondering eyes
The Universe shall lose its mysteries.
Black bit of sorrow, war's red flash
Shall find its place, as but a dash
To strengthen or subdue the eternal plan.
The sunset and the rose, the mind of man
And grief and pain and love shall be
But pieces of that wondrous tapestry.
And looking at the picture we shall smile
At doubts and fears that puzzled us awhile.





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