Christopher Smart Earth Poems
- 1. Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 3
For a Man is to be looked upon in that which he excells as on a prospect.
For there be twelve cardinal virtues -- three to the East -- Greatness, Valour, Piety.
... - 2. Jubilate Agno: Fragment A
Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb.
Nations, and languages, and every Creature, in which is the breath of Life.
... - 3. Psalm 114
When Israel came from Egyptâ??s coast,
And Goshenâ??s marshy plains,
And Jacob with his joyful host
From servitude and chains;
... - 4. Jubilate Agno (excerpt)
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.
... - 5. From Jubilate Agno, Fragment B, Lines 695-768
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For is this done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.
... - 6. For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry (excerpt, Jubilate Agno)
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.
... - 7. Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 4
For God has given us a language of monosyllables to prevent our clipping.
For a toad enjoys a finer prospect than another creature to compensate his lack.
... - 8. On The Eternity Of The Supreme Being
A Poetical Essay
Hail, wond'rous Being, who in pow'r supreme
Exists from everlasting, whose great name
... - 9. A Song To David
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O Thou, that sit'st upon a throne,
With harp of high majestic tone,
To praise the King of kings;
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