Christopher Smart Quote Explained: For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

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Too hard for any frog’s digestion,To have his froghood call’d in question!

Poet

· England

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For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

Pearls
Sea

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For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

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Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

Paper
Sun

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And now the matchless deed’s achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

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For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

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Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o’er sleeping innocence.

- Christopher Smart

Poet

· England

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

Too hard for any frog’s digestion,To have his froghood call’d in question!

For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

And now the matchless deed’s achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o’er sleeping innocence.

After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb.

Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

The first step in blogging is not writing them but reading them.

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

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