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