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Christopher Smart

Born

in Shipbourne, England, The United Kingdom

April 11, 1722

Died

May 20, 1771

Genre

Poetry

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Christopher Smart was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout London.
Smart was infamous as the pseudonymous midwife "Mrs. Mary Midnight" and for widespread accounts of his father-in-law, John Newbery, locking him away in a mental asylum for many years over Smart's supposed religious "mania". Even after Smart's eventual release, a negative reputation continued to pursue him as he was known for incurring more debt than he could repay; this ultimately led to his confinement in debtors' prison until his death.
His two most widely known works are ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 236 ratings · 36 reviews · 185 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jubilate Agno 3.97 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1763 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry 4.42 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song to David 2.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1763 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Religious Poetry of Christopher Smart (Fyfield books) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Works of Christopher Smart really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hilliad: an epic poem. By C. Smart, ... to which are prefixed, copious prolegomena and notes variorum. ... 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Cat Jeoffry. Illustrated By Kathleen McLaughlin and Written Out by Judith Anne Duncan 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymns for the amusement of children really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume VI: A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus by Christopher Smart, Karina Williamson (Editor), Anne Belcher (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	فسانه‌های فدروس by Christopher Smart (Translator), Henry Thomas Reily (Translator), ب‍ه‍روز ع‍زب‍دف‍ت‍ری‌ (مترجم فارسی) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1394	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.”
― Christopher Smart

tags: beauty, god

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“For EARTH which is an intelligence hath a voice and a propensity to speak in all her parts.”
― Christopher Smart

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“For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.”
― Christopher Smart, The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume I: Jubilate Agno

tags: animal, cat, children

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