Hopes, fears, loves, hates,—obscurely rife,—

My life grown a-tremble to turn your life?

Was it Thou, above all lights that are,

Prime Potency, did Thy hand unbar

The prison-gate of Rephan my Star?

In me did such potency wake a pulse

Could trouble tranquillity that lulls

Not lashes inertion till throes convulse

Soul's quietude into discontent?

As when the completed rose bursts, rent