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: : could someone please p me a copy of Christopher Smart's 'My cat, jeoffrey'? I would be very grateful as it's for my A level course work, Thank you! : Ken Hope's Home on a Page : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Poems in English : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Christopher Smart 1722-1771 : : From Jubilate Agno : For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. : For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him. : For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way. : For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness. : For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer. : For he rolls upon prank to work it in. : For having done duty and received blessing he begins to consider himself. : For this he performs in ten degrees. : For first he looks upon his forepaws to see if they are clean. : For secondly he kicks up behind to clear away there. : For thirdly he works it upon stretch with the forepaws extended. : For fourthly he sharpens his paws by wood. : For fifthly he washes himself. : For sixthly he rolls upon wash. : For seventhly he fleas himself, that he may not be interrupted upon the beat. : For eighthly he rubs himself against a post. : For ninthly he looks up for his instructions. : For tenthly he goes in quest of food. : For having consider'd God and himself he will consider his neighbour. : For if he meets another cat he will kiss her in kindness. : For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it a chance. : For one mouse in seven escapes by his dallying. : For when his day's work is done his business more properly begins. : For he keeps the Lord's watch in the night against the adversary. : For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and glaring eyes. : For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life. : For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him. : For he is of the tribe of Tiger. : For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger. : For he has the subtlety and hissing of a serpent, which in goodness he suppresses. : For he will not do destruction, if he is well-fed, neither will he spit without provocation. : For he purrs in thankfulness, when God tells him he's a good Cat. : For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon. : For every house is incomplete without him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit. : For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of the Children of Israel from Egypt. : For every family had one cat at least in the bag. : For the English Cats are the best in Europe. : For he is the cleanest in the use of his forepaws of any quadruped. : For the dexterity of his defence is an instance of the love of God to him exceedingly. : For he is the quickest to his mark of any creature. : For he is tenacious of his point. : For he is a mixture of gravity and waggery. : For he knows that God is his Saviour. : For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest. : For there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion. : For he is of the Lord's poor and so indeed is he called by benevolence perpetually--Poor Jeoffry! poor Jeoffry! the rat has bit thy throat. : For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better. : For the divine spirit comes about his body to sustain it in complete cat. : For his tongue is exceeding pure so that it has in purity what it wants in music. : For he is docile and can learn certain things. : For he can set up with gravity which is patience upon approbation. : For he can fetch and carry, which is patience in employment. : For he can jump over a stick which is patience upon proof positive. : For he can spraggle upon waggle at the word of command. : For he can jump from an eminence into his master's bosom. : For he can catch the cork and toss it again. : For he is hated by the hypocrite and miser. : For the former is afraid of detection. : For the latter refuses the charge. : For he camels his back to bear the first notion of business. : For he is good to think on, if a man would express himself neatly. : For he made a great figure in Egypt for his signal services. : For he killed the Ichneumon-rat very pernicious by land. : For his ears are so acute that they sting again. : For from this proceeds the ping quickness of his attention. : For by stroking of him I have found out electricity. : For I perceived God's light about him both wax and fire. : For the Electrical fire is the spiritual substance, which God sends from heaven to sustain the bodies both of man and beast. : For God has blessed him in the variety of his movements. : For, tho he cannot fly, he is an excellent clamberer. : For his motions upon the face of the earth are more than any other quadruped. : For he can tread to all the measures upon the music. : For he can swim for life. : For he can creep. : CHRISTOPHER SMART : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : To the poems...

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