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."

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