I need no sky nor stars When once, beyond the bars That fence a meadow in I have espied a place Blowing with Queen Anne's lace Where only stones had been New start have come my way Encompa**ing by day A constellation's rim;
And,if I dare before To doubt, I doubt no more But do believe in Him This Hermit who, unknown To eye or ear, has sown In a secretive hour This Stranger who can make The whole of heaven wake And wander in a flower