Felicia Hemans in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volume 33 1833/The Reply of the Shunamite Woman
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 33, Page 594
THE REPLY OF THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN.
"And she answered, I dwell among mine own people."— 2 Kings, iv. 13.
"I dwell among mine own,"—Oh! happy thou!
Not for the sunny clusters of the vine,
Nor for the olives on the mountain's brow;
Nor the flocks wandering by the flowery line
Of streams, that make the green land where they shine
Laugh to the light of waters:—not for these,
Nor the soft shadow of ancestral trees,
Whose kindly whisper floats o'er thee and thine;
Oh! not for these I call thee richly blest,
But for the meekness of thy woman's breast,
Where that sweet depth of still contentment lies:
And for thy holy household love, which clings
Unto all ancient and familiar things,