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Christopher Smart Quotes

There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.

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Christopher Smart (2016). “Routledge Revivals: The Collected Poems of Christopher Smart (1949): Volume One”, p.329, Routledge

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

Christopher Smart (2016). “Routledge Revivals: The Collected Poems of Christopher Smart (1949): Volume One”, p.293, Routledge

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

Christopher Smart (2016). “Routledge Revivals: The Collected Poems of Christopher Smart (1949): Volume One”, p.320, Routledge

Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

Horace, Christopher Smart (1819). “The Works of Horace”, p.235

Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!

Christopher Smart (1791). “The poems, of the late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of his prize poems, odes, sonnets, and fables, Latin and English translations; ...”, p.16

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

Christopher Smart, Karina Williamson (1990). “Selected poems”, Penguin Group USA