James Weldon Johnson Quotes on Creation
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Eternities before the first-born day, Or ere the first sun fledged his wings of flame, Calm Night, the everlasting and the same, A brooding mother over chaos lay.
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And God stepped out on space, And He looked around and said, 'I'm lonely- I'll make me a world.'
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So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled; And the waters above the earth came down, The cooling waters came down.
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With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man!
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This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image.