A Parting Guest

It's by James Whitcomb Riley!

WHAT delightful hosts are they—
     Life & 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
     & all gratitude, I stay
     Yet to press their hands & say,
"Thanks.—So fine a time! Good night."

Riley wrote that after listening to this week's Self Help Radio (only he did it sometime in the late 19th century - don't ask me how) (ask Doctor Who how!) which you can listen to like an old poet at selfhelpradio.net!

Be my guest. Really. Be my guest!