Eli quotes

The L called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And heranunto Eli, and said,Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORD1 Samuel 3:4^5.

Let Eli rejoice with Leuconhe is an honest fellow, which is a rarity. For I have seen theWhite Raven and Thomas Hall of Willingham andam myselfa greatercuriosity thanboth. Let Jemuel rejoice with Charadrius, who is from the and the sight of him isgood for the jaundice. For I look up to heaven which is my prospect to escape envy by surmounting it.

- Christopher Smart
HEIGHT1758^63  JubilateAgno, fragmentB, stanzas 25^6 (first published 1939). Both the white raven andThomas Hall, a giant of four feet at the age of three, were curiosities exhibited in the1740s.