Quote#Sadness
A while she stood
Quote byElijah Fenton · 1683–1730
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723), Act III, Scene I, p. 25.
English (original)
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.
— Elijah Fenton
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