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Christopher Smart on Prayer

d. 1771 England

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For Adoration, incense comes
From bezoar, and Arabian gums,
And from the civet’s fur:
But as for prayer, or e’er it faints,
Far better is the breath of saints
Than galbanum or myrrh.

A Song to David (1763)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Smart (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.