WORKS

OF THX

BRITISH POETS,

WITH

LIVES OF THE AUTHORS.

EDITED BY

ROBERT WALSH, JR.

VOL. XXXII.

BEATTIE, SCOTT, CUNNINGHAM, JENYNS.

PHILADELPHIA :

PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL F. BRADYORD,

FOR

JOHN LAVAL.

William Brúwn. Prates.

AILDEN LIBRARY

!

1

1895

CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXII.

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SELECT POEMS OF JAMES BEATTIE, LL.D.

Page

LIFE OF Dr. BEATTIE,

3

The Minstrel. Book I.

27

Book II.

48

Ode to Retirement,

70

Hope,

73

Ode on Lord Hay's Birth Day,

77

Pigmäo-gerano-machia: The Battle of the

Pigmies and Cranes,

81

The Hares : A Fable,

87

Elegy,

95

Epitaph : being Part of an Inscription for a

Monument to be erected by a Gentleman to

the memory of his Lady,

98

The Hermit,

ib.

Epitaph on the Author, by himself,

100

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SELECT POEMS OF JOHN SCOTT.

Life of Scott,

Amwell, a Descriptive Poem

105

115

MORAL ECLOGUES.

Theron, or the Praise of Rural Life,

Palemon, or Benevolence,

134

136

Rural Scenery, or the Describers,

Rural Business, or the Agriculturists,

144

151

ORIENTAL ECLOGUES.

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Zerad, or the Absent Lover,

Serim, or the Artificial Famine,

Li-po, or the Good Governor,

161

. 167

175

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To Leisure,

The Evening Walk,

To Childhood,

Hearing Music,

A Landscape,

To a Friend, on his Marriage, &c.

Written in Winter,

To a Friend, (Dr. Lettsom]

Leaving Bath, 1776,

To John Payne, Esq.

To a Friend,

To u Friend,

Recruiting,

Written after reading Modern Love Verses,

The Muse, or Poetical Enthusiasm,

Viewing the Ruins of an Abbey,

Privateering,

To Hospitality,

179

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ib.

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