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“Whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God, even to the end.”

My baby, my blood, my honest truth: entreat me not to leave thee, for whither thou goest I will go.

As he spoke about Anglo-American friendship, Hopkins quoted the Book of Ruth: “Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”

My father's favourite part of the Bible was the bit in the Book of Ruth where she says to Naomi: "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people."

Ruth again was remarkable for the extraordinary depth and tenderness of her affection; her words to Naomi have never been surpassed as an expression of simple, tender feeling: “Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”