01c. 1769 ADAh, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?James Beattie / quote ↗
02c. 1769 ADZealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.James Beattie / quote ↗
04c. 1769 ADMine 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!James Beattie / quote ↗
05c. 1769 ADAt 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.James Beattie / quote ↗
07c. 1769 ADBut when shall spring visit the mouldering urn? Oh when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?James Beattie / quote ↗
08c. 1769 ADBy the glare of false science betray'd, That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.James Beattie / quote ↗
10c. 1769 ADThe aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.James Beattie / quote ↗
12c. 1769 ADNo 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.James Beattie / quote ↗
