Quote#Sadness
But "God was still behind the skies,"
Quote byEllen Russell Emerson · 1837–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1865), "The Trysting Tree", sec. 5.
English (original)
But "God was still behind the skies," As stricken Agatha once had said, And He anoints the aiming spear Of grief, and blesses the bowing head.
— Ellen Russell Emerson
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