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.
For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls. - Christopher Smart
For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.
- Christopher Smart
Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small- clothes and looks as if he smelt it. - Christopher Smart
Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small- clothes and looks as if he smelt it.
Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question! - Christopher Smart
Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!
And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done. - Christopher Smart
And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.
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 gr… - Christopher Smart
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 gr…
For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world. - Christopher Smart
For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.
Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk. - Christopher Smart
Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.
There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion. - Christopher Smart
There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.
Glorious the song, when God's the theme. - Christopher Smart
Glorious the song, when God's the theme.
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