James Beattie
James Beattie
James Beattie FRSEwas a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 October 1735
call fans hard head lads loads support work
All I can do is keep my head down and I will keep working hard and if I get the call it would be brilliant. I have put in a lot of hard work and I have had loads of support from the lads and from the fans as well.
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.
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.
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.
brought goals hopefully last progress score three undo
The gaffer brought me in to score goals and I have always said that is what I can do. One goal, or two or three could set it off and hopefully we can progress from there and not undo what we did last year.
enamoured merry sing
Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, and sing enamoured of the nut-brown maid.
false leads science
By the glare of false science betrayed, that leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind.
breathed lips sweet words
How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.
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.
contentment health labour source
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.