IN THE HEART OF A CHILD

In the breast of a bulb is the promise of spring;
In a little blue egg there's a bird that will sing;
In the soul of a seed is the hope of the sod;
In the heart of a child is the Kingdom of God.



[Poem included in I Saw God Wash The World, 1934.]

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