John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3547 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3547 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | For I, who hold sage Homer’s rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Satires, Epistles, and Odes of Horace. Satire ii. Book ii. Line 159. |
| Note 1. This line is repeated in the translation of the Odyssey, book xv. line 83, with “parting” instead of “going.” [back] |