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Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man!
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
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.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
Find Sister Caroline...
And she's tired—
She's weary—
Go down, Death, and bring her to me.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)