# James Weldon Johnson

- Quotes: 7
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson

## Books

- [God's Trombones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-weldon-johnson/gods-trombones.md) — 7 quotes

## Recently added quotes

> With his head in his hands,
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> God thought and thought,
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> Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

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> And God smiled again,
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> And the rainbow appeared,
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> And curled itself around his shoulder.

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> So God stepped over to the edge of the world
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> And He spat out the seven seas;
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> He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
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> He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
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> And the waters above the earth came down,
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> The cooling waters came down.

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> Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.

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> And God stepped out on space,
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> And He looked around and said,
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> "I'm lonely—
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> I'll make me a world."

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> This Great God,
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> Like a mammy bending over her baby,
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> Kneeled down in the dust
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> Toiling over a lump of clay
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> Till He shaped it in His own image.

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> Find Sister Caroline...
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> And she's tired—
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> She's weary—
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> Go down, Death, and bring her to me.

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