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A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]