Time & Brevity
A Parting Guest
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Time & Brevity
What delightful hosts are they—
Life and Love!
Lingeringly I turn away,
This late hour, yet glad enough
They have not withheld from me
Their high hospitality.
So, with face lit with delight
And all gratitude, I stay
Yet to press their hands and say,
“Thanks.—So fine a time! Good night.”
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “A Parting Guest.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/40/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “A Parting Guest.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/40/.
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