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For St Philip Neri – My Cat Jeoffrey

A delightful detail in Catherine Rachel John’s entry for St Philip Neri in Penguin Book of Saints.

“St Philip was very fond of cats.”

So in honor of such a loveable and human saint as Philip Neri here is the delightful “My Cat Geoffrey” from Christopher Smart’s Jubilate Agno. In case you are not familiar with Christopher Smart, he was a poor, sad, insane English poet…but then what English poets are not poor, sad, unfortunate jesters? Even if they pretend to be respectable beneath the surface they are Feste, Launcelot Gobbo, clowns and fools.

Praise the Lord

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