Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Elijah Fenton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Elijah Fenton.
Last updated on November 23, 2024.
Elijah Fenton

Elijah Fenton was an English poet, biographer and translator.

English - Poet | 1683 - 1730
Wedded love is founded on esteem. — © Elijah Fenton
Wedded love is founded on esteem.
Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.
Those elegant delights of jig and vaulting.
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!
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