James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"
Portrait by Stephen Slaughter, 1736
1726 portrait of Thomson by John Vanderbank
The poet James Thomson as depicted on the Scott Monument
The frontispiece of The Seasons by James Thomson. Published by Alexander Donaldson
The Castle of Indolence
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The Castle of Indolence is a poem written by James Thomson, a Scottish poet of the 18th century, in 1748.
James Thomson (poet, born 1700)
…James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!" James Thomson was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire around 11 September 1700 and baptised on 15 September. He…
Drawing of the Castle of Indolence