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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.

— Christopher Smart Jubilate Agno (1759)

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

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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