Richard Crashaw

1613-1649 / Male / English
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A Hymn Of The Nativity, Sung By The ShepherdsChorus. / Come we shepherds who have seen / Day’s king deposed by Night’s queen.
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A Hymn To The Name And Honour Of The Admirable Saint TeresaLove, thou are absolute sole lord / Of life and death. To prove the word, / We’ll now appeal to none of all
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An Epitaph Upon Husband And Wife, Who Died And Were Buried TogetherTo these whom death again did wed / This grave ’s the second marriage-bed. / For though the hand of Fate could force
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But Men Loved Darkness Rather Than LightThe world’s light shines, shine as it will, / The world will love its darkness still. / I doubt though when the world’s in hell,
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Christ CrucifiedThy restless feet now cannot go / For us and our eternal good, / As they were ever wont. What though
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In The Holy Nativity Of Our Lord God: A Hymn Sung As By ShepherdsCome we shepherds, whose blest sight / Hath met love’s noon in nature’s night; / Come lift up our loftier song
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On MarriageI would be married, but I’d have no wife, / I would be married to a single life.
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On Mr. G. Herbert’s BookKnow you fair, on what you look; / Divinest love lies in this book, / Expecting fire from your eyes,
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Out Of CatallusCome and let us live my Dear, / Let us love and never fear, / What the sourest Fathers say:
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The Flaming Heart Upon The Book And Picture Of Saint Teresa(As she is usually expressed with a Seraphim beside her.) / Well meaning readers! you that come as friends / And catch the precious name this piece pretends;
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