Poems on Several Subjects

James Beattie

James Beattie's first collection of poems, predominantly neoclassical satires, fables, and elegies, which he subsequently rejected as juvenile and immature.

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1 ed., 1 vol., London: W. Johnston 1766
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Poems on Several Subjects (1 ed., 1 vol., London: W. Johnston 1766)

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