"But not to all,--for hark! the organs blow / Their swelling notes round the cathedral's dome, / And grace th'harmonious choir, celestial feast / To pious ears, and med'cine of the mind."
On the Goodness of the Supreme Being
At least 6 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1756, 1773, 1789, 1790, 1791).<br>
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Text from <u>The Poems of the Late Christopher Smart ... Consisting of His Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and English Translations: Together With Many Original Compositions, Not Included in the Quarto Edition. To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of His Life and Writings, Never Before Published.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed and Sold by Smart and Cowslade; and sold by F. Power and Co., 1791).<br>
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See also <u>On the Goodness of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay. by Christopher Smart, M. A. of Pembroke-Hall in the University of Cambridge.</u> (Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham Printer to the University. Sold by W. Thurlbourn, and T. Merrill, Booksellers in Cambridge; J. Newbery in St. Paulâ€™s Church-Yard, and T. Gardner at Cowleyâ€™s Head in the Strand, London, 1756). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T43252">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading in Katrina Williamson and Marcus Walsh, eds., <u>Christopher Smart: Selected Poems</u> (New York: Penguin Books, 1990).