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LXII
TO CLASSICUS
[From Martial,] Lib. 2. Ep. 69.
When thou art ask'd to Sup abroad,Thou swear'st thou hast but newly din'd;
That eating late does overload
The Stomach, and oppress the Mind:
But if Appicius make a Treat,
The slend'rest Summons thou obey'st,
No Child is greedier of the Teat,
Then thou art of the bounteous Feast.
There thou wilt drink till every Star
Be swallow'd by the rising Sun:
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And Mirth, at others Charge begun.
Who shuns his Club, yet flies to ev'ry Treat
Does not a Supper, but a Reck'ning hate.
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