Is There A Place? Poem by Thomas Duncky

Tell me a place where evil never breeds
And misfortune always flees
Oh tell me dear please
Of this land and where it is

I'm tired and weary in this wretched land
I envy the waters of the flowing river
Wishing i could drown in them and flow like the marching band
To meet life's gracious Giver

Is there a place where sorrow ceases
Or life's endless pangs decreases?
Where one hears happiness bells' sweet chime
And lives blissfully all the time

Tell me so, is there a place better than this earth?
A place one is happy from his birth till his death
Tell me how can this miserable place be?
With no problems and obstacles to make man strong
And no victorious joy from overcoming them to give him song?