Richard Crashaw poet from United Kingdom was born in 1613, had 36 years and died on August 21, 1649. Poems were written in Neoclassical age mainly in English language. Dominant movement is metaphysical.
Top ten poems Richard Crashaw
An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife
... For though the hand of Fate could force ...
To the Name above every Name, the Name of Jesus
... Where Rackes and Torments strivd, in vain, to reach thee ...
Prayer
... Close coucht in their white bosom: and from thence ...
Divine Epigrams: On the Miracle of the Multiplied Loaves
... That under hunger's teeth will needs be sound ...
The Flaming Heart
... Live here, great heart, and love and die and kill, ...
But Men Loved Darkness rather than Light
... The world's light shines, shine as it will, ...
Christ Crucified
... What though They swim, alas! in their own flood ...
Divine Epigrams: On the Baptized Ethiopian
... He's wash'd, his gloomy skin a peaceful shade, ...
A Song
... Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace ...
On Mr. G. Herbert's Book, Entitled the Temple of Sacred Poe
... These white plumes of his he'll lend you, ...
