Christopher Smart Professions : Poet Born : April 11, 1722 Died : May 21, 1771 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Christopher Smart For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. Christopher Smart flower sound christ Glorious the song, when God's the theme. Christopher Smart theme glorious song There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion. Christopher Smart cat Sweet the young muse with love intense, Christopher Smart innocence sleep sweet For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world. Christopher Smart library reading world For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and preached upon the lily. For the flowers have great virtues for all senses. For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's creation. For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. Christopher Smart angel flower blessing Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question! Christopher Smart frogs digestion hard And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done. Christopher Smart achievement deeds done Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small- clothes and looks as if he smelt it. Christopher Smart gray clothes looks For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit. Christopher Smart cat blessing house Thus when a barber and a collier fight, The barber beats the luckless collier-white; The dusty collier heaves his ponderous sack, And big with vengeance beats the barber-black. In comes the brick-dust man, with grime o'erspread, And beats the collier and the barber-red: Black, red, and white in various clouds are tost, And in the dust they raise the combatants are lost. Christopher Smart fighting clouds men For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls. Christopher Smart pearls sea Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk. Christopher Smart desks paper sun It's very difficult of course to forecast what this administration will or will not agree to, but it's going to be hard to keep the peace going into an election year, people are still pretty pessimistic. Christopher Smart business Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
