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A Childs Thought of God
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning (18061861)
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But if you look above the pines
You cannot see our God. And why?
You never see him in the gold,
Though, from him, all that’s glory shines.
Of heaven and earth across his face—
Like secrets kept, for love, untold.
Slides down by thrills, through all things made,
Through sight and sound of every place:
On my shut lids her kisses’ pressure,
Half-waking me at night; and said
“Who kissed you through the dark, dear guesser?”