The Minstrel ; Or, The Progress Of Genius – Book II. (James Beattie Poems)
I.Of chance or change O let not man complain,Else shall he never never cease to wail:For, from the imperial dome, ...
James Beattie Poems on Power (10 Poems)
The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius : Book I. (James Beattie Poems)
I.Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climbThe steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!Ah! who can tell ...
The Triumph Of Melancholy (James Beattie Poems)
1Memory, be still! why throng upon the thoughtThese scenes deep-stain'd with Sorrow's sable dye?Hast thou in store no joy-illumined draught,To ...
Pygmaeo-gera (James Beattie Poems)
From the Latin of Addison.The pygmy-people, and the feather'd train,Mingling in mortal combat on the plain,I sing. Ye Muses, favour ...
Pygmaeo-gerano-machia: The Battle Of The Pygmies and Cranes (James Beattie Poems)
From the Latin of Addison.The pygmy-people, and the feather'd train,Mingling in mortal combat on the plain,I sing. Ye Muses, favour ...
Elegy, Written In The Year 1758 (James Beattie Poems)
Still, shall unthinking man substantial deemThe forms that fleet through life's deceitful dream?On clouds, where Fancy's beam amusive plays,Shall heedless ...
Retirement (James Beattie Poems)
When in the crimson cloud of Even,The lingering light decays,And Hesper on the front of HeavenHis glittering gem displays!Deep in ...
Epitaph On Two Young Men Of The Name Of Leitch, Who Were Drowned In Crossing The River Southesk (James Beattie Poems)
O thou! whose steps in sacred reverence treadThese lone dominions of the silent dead;On this sad stone a pious look ...
Epitaph [To This Grave Is Committed] (James Beattie Poems)
I was a friend, On this sad stone a pious look bestow,Nor uninstructed read this tale of woe;And while the ...
To The Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Gordon (James Beattie Poems)
Why, Lady, wilt thou bind thy lovely browWith the dread semblance of that warlike helm,That nodding plume, and wreathe of ...