A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.

Methinks a father
Is at the nuptial of his son a guest
That best becomes the table.

To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.

To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all
traces of their steps.

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;
Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night.

Gentle my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks;
Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night.

See, your guests approach.
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
And let's be red with mirth.

See, your guests approach.
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,
And let's be red with mirth.

Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers
Sweet courteous things unsaid.
We two have talked our read more

Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers
Sweet courteous things unsaid.
We two have talked our hearts out to the embers,
And now go hand in hand down to the dead.