For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.

Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart (1722-1771) English poet
“For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry,” Jubilate Agno (1758-1763)
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Set to music by Benjamin Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (1943).

 
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