"O happy stroke, that bursts the bonds of clay, / Darts through the rending gloom the blaze of day, / And wings the soul with boundless flight to soar, / Where dangers threat, and fears alarm no more."
Elegy Occasioned by the Death of a Lady
At least 12 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1760, 1761, 1770, 1773, 1775, 1776, 1779, 1783, 1789, 1797, 1799). Collected in <u>The British Poets</u>, <u>A Collection of Original Poems. By Rev. Mr. Blacklock, and Other Scotch Gentlemen</u>, <u>The Muse's Pocket Companion</u>, Pearch's <u>A Collection of Original Poems. In Four Volumes</u>, <u>Choice of the Best Poetical Pieces of the Most Eminent English Poets</u>, <u>The English Parnassus</u>, and <u>Bell's Classical Arrangment of Fugitive Poetry</u>.<br>
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See <u>Original Poems and Translations. By James Beattie, A.M.</u> (London [i.e. Aberdeen?]: Printed [by F. Douglas, Aberdeen?]; and sold by A. Millar in The Strand, 1760). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T136422">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3312517409&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Also <u>Original Poems and Translations. By James Beattie, A.M.</u> (Aberdeen: Printed by F. Douglas; and sold by him for the benefit of the author, and in London by A. Millar, in the Strand, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T136423">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3315052971&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>Poems on Several Subjects. By James Beattie</u>, new edition, corrected (London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T136424">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MrkDAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;