from A SONG TO DAVID
            - Christopher Smart

Strong is the horse upon his speed;
Strong in pursuit the rapid glede,
   Which makes at once his game;
Strong the tall ostrich on the ground;
Strong through the turbulent profound
   Shoots Xiphias to his aim.

Strong is the lion - like a coal
His eyeball, - like a bastion's mole
   His chest against the foes:
Strong the gier-eagle on his sail;
Strong against tide th' enormous whale
   Emerges as he goes.

But stronger still, in earth and air,
And in the sea, the man of prayer,
   And far beneath the tide:
And in the seat to faith assign'd
Where ask is have, where seek is find,
   Where knock is open wide.