Alexander Pope quote: For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome...

For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.

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'Imitations of Horace' Horace bk. 2, Satire 2 (1734) l. 159 ('speed the parting guest' in Pope's translation of The Odyssey (1725-6) bk. 15, l. 84)

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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. - Alexander Pope

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