<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396805" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Modern Love XVII: At Dinner She Is Hostess</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">At dinner, she is hostess, I am host. <br>Went the feast ever cheerfuller? She keeps <br>The Topic over intellectual deeps <br>In buoyancy afloat. They see no ghost. <br>With sparkling surface-eyes we ply the ball: <br>It is in truth a most contagious game: <br>HIDING THE SKELETON, shall be its name. <br>Such play as this the devils might appal! <br>But here's the greater wonder; in that we, <br>Enamoured of an acting nought can tire, <br>Each other, like true hypocrites, admire; <br>Warm-lighted looks, Love's ephemerioe, <br>Shoot gaily o'er the dishes and the wine. <br>We waken envy of our happy lot. <br>Fast, sweet, and golden, shows the marriage-knot. <br>Dear guests, you now have seen Love's corpse-light shine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=George+Meredith">George Meredith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=396805" data-title="Modern Love XVII: At Dinner She Is Hostess de George Meredith" data-description="At dinner, she is hostess, I am host. Went the feast ever cheerfuller? She keeps The Topic over intellectual deeps In buoyancy afloat. They see no ghost. With sparkling surface-eyes we ply the ball: It is in truth a most contagious game: HID..."></div> </div> </div>

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