A Secret Place

O my peace, O well So deep no thought could sound it, Whence arose thy spell When in my heart I found it? Like a coral isle That long silent grew From deepest deeps, the while Slept or stormed the blue, Emerging to enfold Peace answering the skies, And ringed with rock, where rolled All day the white surge cries, Till from isles unknown Far on spicy air Seeds in secret blown Sprang to beauty there. O my love, my sky, That with soft breath broughtest Bloom that cannot die, Of my life thou wroughtest Such an isle that rings A peace within so dear, Howe'er the strong world flings, Without, his surges drear, To my heart, whose core Thy love in joy entrances, Like music the world's baffled roar Only this peace enhances.