James Weldon Johnson: Day

James Weldon Johnson was writer and activist. Explore interesting quotes on day.

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“Father, Father Abraham,
To-day look on us from above;
On us, the offspring of thy faith,
The children of thy Christ-like love.”

James Weldon Johnson

Father, Father Abraham, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)

“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1 (1917).

“Some men enjoy the constant strife
Of days with work and worry rife,
But that is not my dream of life:
I think such men are crazy.
For me, a life with worries few,
A job of nothing much to do,
Just pelf enough to see me through:
I fear that I am lazy.”

James Weldon Johnson

Lazy, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)

“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
And over all her loveliness, the grace
Of Morning blushing in the early skies.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)

“Eternities before the first-born day,
Or ere the first sun fledged his wings of flame,
Calm Night, the everlasting and the same,
A brooding mother over chaos lay.”

James Weldon Johnson

Mother Night, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)