Ah me, why did they build my house by the road to the market
town?

Ah me, why did they build my house by the road to the market
town?

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
annoyance when he has stayed read more

No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an
annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend's
house.
[Lat., Hospes nullus tam in amici hospitium diverti potest,
Quin ubi triduum continuum fuerit jam odiosus siet.]

If my best wines mislike thy taste,
And my best service win thy frown,
Then tarry not, read more

If my best wines mislike thy taste,
And my best service win thy frown,
Then tarry not, I bid thee haste;
There's many another Inn in town.

A host in himself.

A host in himself.

Hospitality should have no other nature than love.

Hospitality should have no other nature than love.

Hospitality sitting with gladness.

Hospitality sitting with gladness.

For 't is always fair weather
When good fellows get together
With a stein on the table read more

For 't is always fair weather
When good fellows get together
With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

So saying, with despatchful looks in haste
She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent.

So saying, with despatchful looks in haste
She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent.