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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.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
A guest and a fish after three days are poison
No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
Are often read more
No, truly, 'tis more than manners will;
And I have heard it said, unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
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.
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.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
