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.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

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.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

A guest and a fish after three days are poison

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

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.

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.