Elijah Fenton Quote

O blissful poverty!
Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns
Health, freedom, innocence, and dow[n]y peace,
Her real goods: and only mocks the great
With empty pageantries!


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


O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and dow[n]y peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great...

O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and dow[n]y peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great...

O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and dow[n]y peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great...

O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and dow[n]y peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great...