Yet wondrous compensation falls to all,

And every soul has strongholds of its own,

Invisible, yet answering to its needs.

And even I may have a secret tower

Up storm-cleft Pisgah, whence I see beyond

Jordan, and far across the happy plains,

Where gleams the Holy City, like a queen,

The crown of all our hopes and perfect faith.

I may have gone somewhat within the veil,

Though few repose serenely in the light