Longfellow and Longworth — 428
One of the happiest witticisms on record is related by the Boston correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette:—“I heard the other day of a bon mot made by Longfellow, the poet. Young Mr. Longworth, from your city, being introduced to him, some one present remarked upon the similarity of the first syllable of the two names. ‘Yes,’ said the poet, ’but in this case I fear Pope’s line will apply:—
“Worth makes the man, the want of it the fellow.”’”