Only a little scrap of blue
Preserved with loving care,
But earth has not a brilliant hue
To me more bright and fair.
The title phrase occurs in a Biblical image of an idealized and longed for era. The poet remembers fondly those days where the justice in the social order was high. This feeling is symbolically reflected in the animal kingdom. The poetry is meant to extend images beyond common sense. The right order to be established portrays a time when the natural enmity between different species ceases. This would mean that a place is safe enough for a child to lead them.
The vivid imagery of such a passage is reminiscent of dream imagery where truth is existential rather than factual. The poetry conveys the contrast of what is hoped for in a world where in reality the social order is not just and where there is danger for humans, especially for the most vulnerable of them, the child.
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