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 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.
 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. 
 Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
 [Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.]  
 Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
 [Lat., Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.] 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
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.
 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.