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A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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.
 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. 
 For whom he means to make an often guest,
 One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.  
 For whom he means to make an often guest,
 One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest. 
 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. 
 (Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
 (Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
  It had been as a read more 
 (Macbeth:) Here's our chief guest.
 (Lady Macbeth:) If he had been forgotten,
  It had been as a gap in our great feast,
   And all-thing unbecoming. 
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.