| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | My Retreat | | By Albert J. Atkins |
| | | THERE is a garden in my heart, | |
| A place from all the world apart, | |
| Where I alone in sorrow move, | |
| Awaiting her whose name is Love; | |
| Here in my hour of deepest night | 5 |
| I turn to find her beacon light. | |
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| Sometimes I feel an inner gleam | |
| Of Love’s true light, a steadfast beam; | |
| Then comes to me a low, sweet voice, | |
| Which makes my longing soul rejoice; | 10 |
| A message brings of strength, of might, | |
| That gives me courage for the fight. | |
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| When weary with the outward strife, | |
| I seek this sacred inner life, | |
| And find within its calm repose, | 15 |
| A brief surcease from earthly woes; | |
| Thus, in the garden of my heart, | |
| I rest from all the world apart. | | | | |
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