Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD MANNERS AT MEAT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIVING WITH MISTAKES by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WE MUST BE POLITE: 1 by CARL SANDBURG WE MUST BE POLITE: 2 by CARL SANDBURG HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY by JOHN BETJEMAN MODERN MANNERS by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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