BELLAMY

James, a Flemish poet, was Flushing in the year 1757, and died in 1786. was twenty-five years old, and followed the a baker, when, in the year 1772, the second festival in conmiemoration of the foundation republic was celebrated throughout Holland. genius, suddenly inflamed by the love of his land, rendered him a poet, and his first productions met with succe . He studied Latin, made better acquainted with his mother tongue, and posed several pieces of merit sufficient to induce Society of Arts at the Hague to incorporate their collections. In 1785 he published his patriotic songs under the title Yaderlandsche Gezangen, secure him a place among the first poets of his Bellamy sung likewise the praise of love. The works of this poet betray a certain melancholy, renders them still more interesting. A biographical account of him has been written by G. Kniper. may be placed by the side of Bilderdyk, Helmers, Loots, B. Feyth, ., as one of the restorers of Dutch poetry.