Poems by 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, ...
Divine Epigrams: To our Lord, upon the Water Made Wine
... Distills from thence the tears of wrath and strife, ...
Wishes To His (Supposed) Mistress
... Of crystal flesh, through which to shine:Meet you her, my wishes, ...
The Weeper
... Thou hast thy task, thou weepest still ...
The Recommendation
... To make a kind of Life for my lords Death,So from his living, and life-giving Death, ...
A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa
... Her mild rays through thy melting heart!Angels, thy old friends, there shall greet thee, ...
