Baby
Dear
Where
did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into the here.
Where
did you get those eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.
What
makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.
Where
did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.
What
makes your forehead so smooth and high?
A soft hand strok'd it as I went by.
What
makes your cheek like a warm white rose?
I saw something better than anyone knows.
Whence
that three-corner'd smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where
did you get this pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where
did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into bonds and bands.
Feet,
whence did you come, you darling things?
From the same box as the cherubs' wings.
How
did they all just come to be you?
God thought about me, and so I grew.
But
how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and so I am here.
George
MacDonald
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