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