This modest stone which few vain marbles can

DMI number:

26079

Poem Aliases

Pope. Epitaph on Elijah Fenton.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

This modest stone which few vain marbles can

Last Line:

Thanked heaven that he had lived and that he died

Poem Genre / Form:

Epitaph and Couplet

Themes:

Death

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Author:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Twickenham edition VI: 318.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.57

Poem Title:

On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

A select collection of epitaphs carefully collected from the tombstones of the most eminent personages in England Scotland and Ireland [T131017] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.91

Poem Title:

On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.267-268

Poem Title:

On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope