James Beattie

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

Popular Poems

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