Elijah Fenton Quotes

Elijah Fenton was an English poet, biographer and translator.

✵ 20. May 1683 – 16. July 1730

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Famous Elijah Fenton Quotes

“O blissful poverty!
Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns
Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace,
Her real goods: and only mocks the great
With empty pageantries!”

Act V, Scene I, p. 56
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)

“Wedded love is founded on esteem.”

Act IV, Scene V, p. 45
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)

“Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed,
Which oft offends the very idol-vice,
Whose shrine it would perfume.”

Act IV, Scene V, p. 46
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)

“Fear, guilt, despair, and moon-struck frenzy rush
On voluntary death: the wise and brave,
When the fierce storms of fortune round 'em roar,
Combat the billows with redoubled force:
Then, if they perish ere the port is gained,
They sink with decent pride; and from the deep
Honour retrieves them, bright as rising stars.”

Act V, Scene VII, pp. 66–67
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)

“A while she stood
Transformed by grief to marble, and appeared
Her own pale monument; but when she breathed
The secret anguish of her wounded soul,
So moving were the plaints! they would have soothed
The stooping falcon to suspend his flight,
And spare his morning prey.”

Act III, Scene I, p. 25
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)

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