James Whitcomb Riley

Here you will find thePoemA Parting Guestof poet James Whitcomb Riley

A Parting Guest

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."