"[B]affled here / By his omnipotence Philosophy / Slowly her thoughts inadequate revolves, / And stands, with all his circling wonders round her, / Like heavy Saturn in th'etherial space / Begirt with an inexplicable ring."
On the Power of the Supreme Being
At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1754, 1758, 1773, 1787, and 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 Power 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 in Cambridge, C. Bathurst in Fleet-Street, J. Newbery in St. Paulâ€™s Church-Yard, London; and J. Hildyard at York, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T107187">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).