Quote#Nature
So God stepped over to the edge of the world
Quote byJames Weldon Johnson · 1871–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927), The Creation, st. 6..
English (original)
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.
— James Weldon Johnson
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