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James Beattie
About the author
In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.
James Beattie,
#Man
#Age
#Blame
#Praise
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
James Beattie,
#Fame
#Temple
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
James Beattie,
#Beauty
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.
James Beattie,
#Day
#Song
#Forgetfulness
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
James Beattie,
#Ignorance
#Knowledge
#Choice
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.
James Beattie,
#Health
#Joy
#Spring
#Contentment
He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.
James Beattie,
#Thought
#Man
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.
James Beattie,
#Faith
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.
James Beattie,
#Love
#Wife
#Past
#Jealousy
#HusbDawn
Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
James Beattie,
How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.
James Beattie,
#Love
#Words
#Truth