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HOSPITALITY; QUATRAINS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHETHER MY HOUSE IS DARK OR BRIGHT
Last Line: BUT MARY'S SON SHALL NOT DO WITHOUT IT
Subject(s): HOSPITALITY;
Whether my house is dark or bright,
I close it not any wight,
Lest Thou, hereafter, King of Stars,
Against me close Thy Heavenly bars.

If from a guest who shares thy board,
Thy dearest dainty thou shalt hoard,
'Tis not that guest, O do not doubt it,
But Mary's Son shall do without it.



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