Maria Jane Jewsbury (Мария Джейн Джюсбери)

Where Dwelleth Good?

   Beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb,
   It is there, it is there my child.
                             Mrs. Hemans.

MEN with passions earth deform,
Ocean is a thing of storm,
On the fair sky dark clouds swarm,
Where dwelleth good?
In the city there is strife,
In the hamlet languid life,
In the heart are vain thoughts rife,
Where dwelleth good?
Sadness in a life of pleasure,
Weariness in ease and leisure,
Fear in power, and care in treasure,
Where dwelleth good?
Where no night is ever greeted,
Where no time is ever meted,
Far away where God is seated,
There dwelleth good.
Yet awhile and he shall sway
Earth as now the realms of day,
Then will men no longer say,
Where dwelleth good?
Like a mighty sea unbound,
It shall spread beneath around
Be in all things felt and found,
Life and good the same.

1. The Bitterness of Death Past
2. Now Mine Eyes Seeth Thee
3. The Altered Heart
4. World, Hence with Thy Baubles
5. The Oceanides. No. 9. The Eden of the Sea

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