James Beattie
James Beattie
James Beattie FRSEwas a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 October 1735
wondrous
Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
call career definitely half legend persuade second stay tremendous trying
Duncan can definitely play a part in the second half of the season. Duncan's had a tremendous career and he's a legend here. We would not want to see him call it a day. We will be trying to persuade him in every way we can, and I'd like to see him stay on.
enamoured merry sing
Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, and sing enamoured of the nut-brown maid.
hamlet heard mortals naught sweets torrent
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.
contentment health labour source
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.
age age-and-aging
Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.
evening fast green hill mine shine sun violet
Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave!
bottom cent chelsea obviously per sucked
Obviously we're bottom and not doing very well but we showed what we're made of today. Chelsea had a lot of possession, probably 70 per cent but we sucked it up at the back and I thought we did really well today.
dawn days delightful faithful fond husband jealousy looked love nor season wedding
No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife.
hard shines steep temple
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
amidst faith inflexible invincible patient serene though
Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.
choice knowledge leads thy
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
false leads science
By the glare of false science betrayed, that leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind.
He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.