Living
Good manners at meat.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
THis rule of manners I will teach my guests,
To come with their own bellies unto feasts:
Not to eat equall portions; but to rise
Farc't with the food, that may themselves suffice.
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Herrick, Robert. “Good manners at meat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1014/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Good manners at meat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1014/.
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