One chalice entertained the company;

And if its peevish lord object the more,

Mistake, misname such bounty in a wife,

Haste we to advertise him—charm of cheek,

Lustre of eye, allowance of the lip,

All womanly components in a spouse,

These are no household-bread each stranger's bite

Leaves by so much diminished for the mouth

O' the master of the house at supper-time:

But rather like a lump of spice they lie,