POETICAL FRAGMENTS
QUOTED BY ATHENÆUS,
RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY VARIOUS AUTHORS.
Apollodorus. (Book i. § 4, p. 4.)
There is a certain hospitable air
In a friend's house, that tells me I am welcome:
The porter opens to me with a smile;
The yard dog wags his tail, the servant runs,
Beats up the cushion, spreads the couch, and says—
"Sit down, good Sir!" e'er I can say I'm weary.
Cumberland.
Archestratus. (Book i. § 7, p. 7.)
I write these precepts for immortal Greece,
That round a table delicately spread,
Or three, or four, may sit in choice repast,
Or five at most. Who otherwise shall dine,
Are like a troop marauding for their prey.—D'Israeli.
Archilochus. (Book i. § 14, p. 11.)
Faith! but you quaff
The grape's pure juice to a most merry tune,
And cram your hungry maw most rav'nously.
And pay for't—not a doit. But mark me, Sirrah!
You come not here invited, as a friend.
Your appetite is gross;—your god's your belly;—
Your mind, your very, soul, incorpsed with gluttony,
Till you have lost all shame.—J. Bailey.
