A Child’s Thought Of God

Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning

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They say that God lives very high;
  But if you look above the pines
You cannot see our God; and why?And if you dig down in the mines,
  You never see Him in the gold,
Though from Him all that’s glory shines.God is so good, He wears a fold
  Of heaven and earth across His face,
Like secrets kept, for love, untold.But still I feel that His embrace
  Slides down by thrills, through all things made,
Through sight and sound of every place;As if my tender mother laid
  On my shut lids her kisses’ pressure,
Half waking me at night, and said,
  “Who kissed you through the dark, dear guesser?”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
About the poet

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806 - 1861/Female/EnglishWriting poetry since age six, Barrett's work was an inspiration to poets like Poe and Dickinson.

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