Christopher Smart,
Care and Generosity. Fable XVII.
(1751)
“ Still loves to give, yet knows to spare, Nor wishes to be free from Care.1751 Notes First published in The Midwife; or The Old Woman's Magazine (ii. 277-8, Sept. 1751) . Reprinted 1752, 1756, 1791. Reviews: "Sweetly elegant and pretty..." Fanny Burney, (Early Diary, Ed. A. R. Ellis, 1907 i. 28) . "One of the most beautiful allegories that ever been imagined. Charles Burney, (Monthly Rev. Jan. 1792, p. 38) . ”
