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
Song, Prove, Still, Forgetfulness
He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.
- James Beattie
Thought, Like, Though, Sage
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
- James Beattie
Proud, Shines, Steep, Temple
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, Wedding, Strife, Fond
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.
- James Beattie
Faith, Invincible, Arms, Inflexible
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
- James Beattie
Ignorance, Thy, Leads, Woe
Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
- James Beattie
Mad, Some, Wondrous, Deemed
How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.
- James Beattie
Love, Truth, How, Lips
From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.
- James Beattie
Health, Joy, Spring, Contentment
In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.
- James Beattie
Man, Well, Every Man, Blame
And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
- James Beattie
Beauty, Tomb, Immortal
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