"My hand, the secretary of my mind, / Leaves thee these lines upon the poplar's rind."
To My Worthy Friend Mr. T. B. One of the People Called Quakers. Written in his Garden July 1752. [from The Midwife]
First published in <u>The Midwife; or The Old Womanâ€™s Magazine.</u> (June 1753). At least 5 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1753, 1757, 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). See vol. II, p. 79. <br>
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Reading in Katrina Williamson and Marcus Walsh, eds., <u>Christopher Smart: Selected Poems</u> (New York: Penguin Books, 1990).