Poetic Openings : Christopher Smart to Christopher Smart

Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment A : First Line : Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 1 : First Line : Let Elizur rejoice with the Partridge, who is a prisoner of state and is proud of his keepers.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 2 : First Line : LET PETER rejoice with the MOON FISH who keeps up the life in the waters by night.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 3 : First Line : For a Man is to be looked upon in that which he excells as on a prospect.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 4 : First Line : For God has given us a language of monosyllables to prevent our clipping.

Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment C : First Line : Let Ramah rejoice with Cochineal.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Jubilate Agno: Fragment D : First Line : Let Dew, house of Dew rejoice with Xanthenes a precious stone of an amber colour.
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : Mirth : First Line : If you are merry, sing away,
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : On A Lady Throwing Snow-balls At Her Lover : First Line : [From the Latin of Petronious Ascanius.]
Poet : Christopher Smart : Poem : On My Wife's Birth-day : First Line : ’Tis Nancy’s birth-day—raise your strains,