Editing Christopher Smart (section)

==Works==

[[File:Abimelech first.jpg|thumb|First page of [[Abimelech (oratorio)|''Abimelech'']] (1768)]]

Smart, throughout his career, published many known works. Although his works are far too many to list, a few of his most famous and important publications during his life include:

* ''[[A Song to David]]''
* ''Poems on Several Occasions'' (including the ''Hop-Garden'')
* ''[[The Hilliad]]''
* ''[[The Hop-Garden]]''
* ''[[Hymns and Spiritual Songs (book)|Hymns and Spiritual Songs]]''
*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47702/epistle-to-mrs-tyler Epistle to Mrs. Tyler]
*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50597/psalm-58-56d22dcd6e9e5 Psalm 58]
*[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50598/psalm-114-56d22dcdd285e Psalm 114]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-a-lady-throwing-snow-balls-at-her-lover/ On A Lady Throwing Snow-Balls At Her Lover]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-i-will-consider-my-cat-jeoffry-excerpt-jubil/ For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-my-wife-s-birth-day/ On My Wife's Birth-Day]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sweets-of-evening/ The Sweets Of Evening]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-s-the-poker/ Where's The Poker?]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-pig-2/ The Pig]
*[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-long-nosed-fair/ The Long-Nosed Fair]
* ''[[Hymns for the Amusement of Children]]''
* The Oratorios ''[[Hannah (oratorio)|Hannah]]'' and ''[[Abimelech (oratorio)|Abimelech]]''
* ''[[The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (book)|The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]]''
* ''A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus''
* The "Seatonian Prize" poems
* ''A Translation of the Psalms of David''
* The ''Works of Horace'' Prose and Verse

One of his most famous poems, ''[[Jubilate Agno]]'', was not published until 1939, by William Force Stead.<ref name="Poetical Works I p. xxii" /> In 1943, lines from this poem were set to music by [[Benjamin Britten]] with the translated title ''[[Rejoice in the Lamb]]''.

He is also credited with the writing of ''A Defence of Freemasonry'' (1765), also known as ''A Defence of Freemasonry as practised in the regular lodges, both foreign and domestic, under the Constitution of the English Grand Master, in which is contained a refutation of Mr. Dermott's absurd and ridiculous account of Freemasonry, in his book entitled 'Ahiman Rezon' and the several queries therein reflecting on the regular Masons, briefly considered and answered'', that response to [[Laurence Dermott]]'s ''[[Ahiman Rezon]]''.<ref name="Sherbo p. 221" /> Although there is no direct attribution on the text's title page, it was established as his work since its publication, and it includes a poem directly attributed to him.<ref name="Sherbo p. 221" />

A two-volume edition of the '' Complete Poems of Christopher Smart '' was published in 1949 by Norman Callan, Professor of English at Queen Mary College, London (now University). There have been numerous reprints.  Penguin published ''Selected Poems'' in 1990.