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The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton (1779) by Elijah Fenton
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This work contains a number of translations from Greek and Latin poets. In the case of the Latin poems, these are printed with the original on the verso and the translation on the recto. Both the Latin and English versions have been transcribed, and transcluded in the order given in the Table of Contents.
4505988The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton1779Elijah Fenton
Frontispiece from 'The Poetical Works of Elijah Fenton, published in 1779, as part of Bell's Edition of 'The Poets of Great Britain'
Printed for John Bell near Exeter Exchange Strand London Dec. 29. 1779
THE
POETICAL WORKS
OF
ELIJAH FENTON.
WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
Strong were thy thoughts, yet reason bore the sway; Humble yet learn'd; tho' innocent yet gay: So pure of heart, that thou might'st safely show Thy inmost bosom to thy basest foe: Careless of wealth, thy bliss a calm retreat, Far from the insults of the scornful great——— O Woods! O Wilds! O ev'ry bow'ry Shade! So often vocal by his music made, Now other sounds—far other sounds, return, And o'er his hearse with all your echoes mourn——— Where were ye, Muses! by what fountain side, What river, sporting when your fav'rite dy'd? He knew by verse to chain the headlong floods, Silence loud winds, or charm attentive woods.BROOME.
EDINBURG:
AT THEApollo Press, BY THE MARTINS.
Anno 1779.
THE
POETICAL WORKS
OF
ELIJAH FENTON.
CONTAINING HIS
MISCELLANIES,
TALES,
EPISTLES,
TRANSLATIONS,
ODES,
IMITATIONS,
&c. &c. &c.
A poet bless'd beyond the poets' fate, Whom Heav'n kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace: Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From Nature's temp'rate feast rose satisfy'd, Thank'd Heav'n that he had liv'd, and that he dy'd. POPE.