To me remains nor place nor time:
My country is in every clime;
I can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there.
And could a dearer vade mecum enrich a Christian's outfit than these lines treasured in memory?
While place we seek or place we shun,
The soul finds happiness in none;
But, with a God to guide our way,
'Tis equal joy to go or stay.
Cowper, and also Dr. Thomas Upham, translated (from the French) the religious poems of Madame Guyon. This hymn is Cowper's translation.