Part 7 — A CHILD’S THOUGHT OF GOD
Reading edition
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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?”