Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SECRET PLACE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON


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THE SECRET PLACE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I shake off the outer things
Last Line: I fare me forth my fate to greet.
Subject(s): Dreams; Fate; Love; Rhyme; Soul; Nightmares; Destiny


WHEN I shake off the outer things
That, thronging, drag me fifty ways --
The busy needs, the little stings
That hum about my usual days --
I come into a secret place
And meet my true self, face to face.

Quiet removal from the press,
A breathing-room wherein the soul
Knows love and love's own tenderness,
And in a dream descries the goal;
There wholesome thoughts and sweet confer,
Like garments laid in lavender.

Anew I feel that I belong --
Alien and outcast though I be --
To the great Spirit whose far song
Makes an ineffable harmony;
And, with a rhythm in my feet,
I fare me forth my fate to greet.





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