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Behind him came Health from her cottage of thatch,
Where never physician had lifted the latch.

— Christopher Smart

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Then comes rosy health from her cottage of thatch, Where never physician hath lifted the latch.

More quotes by Christopher Smart

Then comes rosy health from her cottage of thatch,
Where never physician hath lifted the latch.

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

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For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

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Glorious the sun in mid-career;
Glorious th' assembled fires appear.

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Well of all dogs it stands confess'd,
Your English bull dogs are the best.

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