Religion

Hail, guest, and enter freely!

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894

From New Poems (1918)

Religion

HAIL, guest, and enter freely! All you see
Is, for your momentary visit, yours; and we
Who welcome you are but the guests of God,
And know not our departure.

MLA

Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Hail, guest, and enter freely!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/223/.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. “Hail, guest, and enter freely!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevenson/223/.

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