James Beattie

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

Popular Poems

Ode On Lord Hay's Birthday
Epitaph On Two Young Men Of The Name Of Leitch, Who Were Drowned In Crossing The River Southesk
Elegy (Tir'D With The Busy Crouds)
The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius : Book I.
Law
The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius (Excerpts)
Song, In Imitation Of Shakspeare's
An Epitaph
On The Report Of A Monument To Be Erected In Westminster Abbey, To The Memory Of A Late Author (Churchill)
The Judgment Of Paris
Pygmaeo-Gerano-Machia: The Battle Of The Pygmies And Cranes
Retirement
Nature
To The Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Gordon