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Subject: SMART, CHRISTOPHER (1722-1771)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A GARLAND FOR CHRISTOPHER SMART, by MONA VAN DUYN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For cosmos, which has too much to live up to
Subject(s): Flowers; God; Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)


ANOTHER SARAH, by ANNE PORTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: When winter was half over
Last Line: A nation of white petals %a dynasty of apples
Subject(s): Apples; Fruit; May (month); Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)


CHRISTOPHER SMART, by STANLEY SHAW    Poem Text                    
First Line: Mad is the poet men call kit
Last Line: Mad as his faith is strong.
Subject(s): Insanity; Smart, Christopher (1722-1771); Madness; Mental Illness


HISTORY, by JOHN+(2) WILLIAMS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Two years the blank walls stared at him, and moved
Subject(s): Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)


JUBILATE MATTEO, by GAVIN EWART    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: For I rejoice in my cat matty
Last Line: For I rejoice in my cat, who has the true spirit of putney
Subject(s): Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)


PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: CHRISTOPHER SMART, by ROBERT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It seems as if - or did the actual chance
Last Line: Not first learn and then live, is our concern.
Subject(s): Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)


SONNET, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The song itself! Thus the bright-templed rhyme
Last Line: In this black ink his love shall still shine bright.
Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund
Subject(s): Publishing; Smart, Christopher (1722-1771); Publishers