joy'st

Updated: May 29, 2025

Unlike the ribald, whose licentious jest Pollutes his banquet, and insults his guest, From wealth and grandeur easy to descend, Thou joy'st to lose the master in the friend. We round thy board the cheerful menials see, Gay with the smile of bland equality; No social care the gracious lord disdains; Love prompts to love, and reverence reverence gains.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Complete

Unlike the ribald, whose licentious jest Pollutes his banquet, and insults his guest, From wealth and grandeur easy to descend, Thou joy'st to lose the master in the friend. We round thy board the cheerful menials see, Gay with the smile of bland equality; No social care the gracious lord disdains; Love prompts to love, and reverence reverence gains.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Volume 02