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A PARTING GUEST by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT DELIGHTFUL HOSTS ARE THEY
Last Line: "THANKS. -- SO FINE A TIME GOOD NIGHT."
Subject(s): LIFE; LOVE;

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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