Maria Jane Jewsbury (Мария Джейн Джюсбери)

The Pearl of Price

                                      Book of Job.

I LOOKED upon a monarch's pledge of power,
His golden crown, itself a regal dower;
Pearls 'mid the garniture gleamed rich and rare,
But one, the ONE I sought, I found not there.
I saw within a maiden's bride-bower gay,
A wily trafficker his wares display,
Till with Aladdin's cave it might compare
Gorgeous with gems yet, was the pearl not there.
I traversed ocean, pierced each precious mine,
Earth's every treasure-house where bright things shine;
Saw, from the Persian wave the diver bear
Pearls goodly pearls still one was absent there.
Then from my bosom breathed a voice, "How vain
This weary search through cavern, mount, and main;
A shrine of dust, man's heart of sin and care,
Is the pearl's casket, when Christ dwelleth there!"

1. King Herod’s Oath
2. Poetical Portraits
3. A Remembered Scene
4. To the Same (A Dying Friend)
5. The Glory of the Heights

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