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1882–1937

FOR A GUEST ROOM

John Drinkwater

All words are said, And may it fall That, crowning these, You here shall find

A friendly bed, A sheltering wall, Your body’ s ease, A quiet mind.

May you forget In happy sleep The world that still You hold as friend,

And may it yet Be ours to keep Your friendly will To the world’ s end.

For he is blest Who, fixed to shun All evil, when The worst is known,

Counts, east and west, When life is done, His debts to men In love alone.

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