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Quote#God & Faith

Here sit I, as a little child

Quote byLucy Larcom · 1824–1893

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Strip of Blue (1870).

English (original)

Here sit I, as a little child; The threshold of God's door Is that clear band of chrysoprase; Now the vast temple floor, The blinding glory of the dome I bow my head before. Thy universe, O God, is home, In height or depth, to me; Yet here upon thy footstool green Content am I to be; Glad when is oped unto my need Some sea-like glimpse of Thee.

— Lucy Larcom

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