James Beattie

25 October 1735 – 18 August 1803 / Laurencekirk in the Mearns, Scotland

Popular Poems

Elegy (Tir'D With The Busy Crouds)
Ode On Lord Hay's Birthday
Epitaph On Two Young Men Of The Name Of Leitch, Who Were Drowned In Crossing The River Southesk
An Epitaph
Pygmaeo-Gerano-Machia: The Battle Of The Pygmies And Cranes
Law
Song, In Imitation Of Shakspeare's
Ode To Hope
The Judgment Of Paris
The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius : Book I.
Nature
Retirement
On The Report Of A Monument To Be Erected In Westminster Abbey, To The Memory Of A Late Author (Churchill)
The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius (Excerpts)