For a Guest Room

For a Guest Room written by John Drinkwater

Tides, 1917

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 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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