 Little Gidding is the fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot 's Four Quartets , a series of poems that discuss time , perspective , humanity , and salvation . It was first published in September 1942 after being delayed for over a year because of the air @-@ raids on Great Britain during World War II and Eliot 's declining health . The title refers to a small Anglican community in Huntingdonshire , established by Nicholas Ferrar in the 17th century and scattered during the English Civil War . 
 Little Gidding <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Four Quartets , a series of poems <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>discuss time , perspective , humanity , and salvation . It was first published in September 1942 after being delayed for over a year because of the air @-@ raids on Great Britain during World War II and Eliot <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>declining health . The title <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>refers</mark></a> to a small Anglican community in Huntingdonshire , established by Nicholas Ferrar in the 17th century and scattered during the English Civil War . 
Lil Gidding da fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot  Four Quartets , a series of poems discuss time , perspective , humanity , and salvation . It was first published in September 1942 after bein delayed for over a year bc of the air @-@ raids on Great Britain during World War II and Eliot  declining health . Tdatitle refer to a small Anglican community in Huntingdonshire , established by Nicholas Ferrar in thda7th century and scattered durin thedaglish Civil War .