James Beattie Poems (27 Poems)

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 ...

Ode To Peace (James Beattie Poems)

I.  1.Peace, heaven-descended maid! whose powerful voiceFrom ancient darkness call'd the morn;And hush'd of jarring elements the noise,When Chaos, from ...

Ode To Hope (James Beattie Poems)

I. 1.O Thou, who glad'st the pensive soul,More than Aurora's smile the swain forlorn,Left all night long to mournWhere desolation frowns, ...

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 ...

Elegy (James Beattie Poems)

1Tired with the busy crowds, that all the dayImpatient throng where Folly's altars flame,My languid powers dissolve with quick decay,Till ...

Nature (James Beattie Poems)

O how canst thou renounce the boundless storeOf charms which Nature to her votary yields!The warbling woodland, the resounding shore,The ...

Law (James Beattie Poems)

Laws, as we read in ancient sages,Have been like cobwebs in all ages.Cobwebs for little flies are spread,And laws for ...

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