54277. Smart, Christopher. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.


NUMBER:	54277
QUOTATION:	Glorious the northern lights astream; Glorious the song, when God’s the theme Glorious the thunder’s roar: Glorious hosanna from the den; Glorious the catholic amen; Glorious the martyr’s gore: Glorious—more glorious is the crown Of him that brought salvation down By meekness, called thy Son; Thou that stupendous truth believed, And now the matchless deed’s achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.
ATTRIBUTION:	Christopher Smart (1722–1771), British poet. A Song to David. . . Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Frank Kermode and John Hollander, general eds. (1973) Oxford University Press (Also published as six paperback vols.: Medieval English Literature, J. B. Trapp, ed.; The Literature of Renaissance England, John Hollander and Frank Kermode, eds.; The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Martin Price, ed.; Romantic Poetry and Prose, Harold Bloom and Lionel Trilling, eds.; Victorian Prose and Poetry, Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, eds.; Modern British Literature, Frank Kermode and John Hollander, eds.).