"I Saw a Familiar Stranger Today"

A Scottish Poem

"I saw a stranger today.

I put food for him
in the eating-place
And drink
in the drinking-place
And music
in the listening-place.

In the Holy name
of the Trinity
He blessed myself
and my family.
And the lark said in her warble
Often, often, often
Goes Christ
in the stranger's guise.

O, oft and oft and oft,
Goes Christ
in the stranger's guise."

Celtic Rune of Hospitality