"Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest,"
is from Pope (Imitations of Horace, book ii. sat. ii.).
Pope's distich, whence the line is taken, runs,—
"For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best,
Welcome the coming, speed the going guest."
Query. Where is "sage Homer's rule" to be found?
RUSTICUS.
[The following additional reply furnishes a solution of the Query of RUSTICUS:—
"True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."