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GOOD MANNERS AT MEAT by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: THIS RULE OF MANNERS I WILL TEACH MY GUESTS
Last Line: FARC'T WITH THE FOOD, THAT MAY THEMSELVES SUFFICE.
Subject(s): ETIQUETTE; MANNERS; COURTESY;
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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