"For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry" is an excerpted poem from Smart's much longer (though now sadly existing in only fragments) poem cycle, Jubilate Agno. It is a wonderful poem, at first glance a naive consideration of the poet's cat, but upon deeper inspection, a joyous reveling in his cat's creatureliness and a meditation … Continue reading “For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry” by Christopher Smart (1722-1771)