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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.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.
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.
You must come home with me and be my guest;
You will give joy to me, and I will read more
You must come home with me and be my guest;
You will give joy to me, and I will do
All that is in my power to honour you.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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.
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
