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Richard Crashaw, was an English poet, styled "the divine," and known as one of the central figures associated with the Metaphysical poets in 17th Century English literature. The son of a prominent Puritan minister, Crashaw was educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. After taking a degree, Crashaw began to publish religious poetry and to teach at Cambridge. During the English Civil War he was ejected from his college position and went into exile in Italy. While in exile he converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. Crashaw's poetry is firmly within the Metaphysical tradition. Though his oeuvre is considered of uneven quality and among the weakest examples of the genre, his work is said to be marked by a focus toward "love with the smaller graces of life and the profounder truths of religion, while he seems forever preoccupied with the secret architecture of things."

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An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife
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An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife Who died and were buried together
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But Men Loved Darkness rather than Light
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A Song
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In the Holy Nativity of our Lord
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A Hymn to the Name and Honour of the Admirable Saint Teresa
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Divine Epigrams: On the Baptized Ethiopian
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The Widow's Mites 122 Views
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Saint Mar Magdelene; or, The Weeper
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The Weeper
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Two Went up into the Temple to Pray
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On the Miracle of the Multiplied Loaves 112 Views
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On Marriage 107 Views
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On the Water of our Lord's Baptism 107 Views
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Prayer
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Euthanasia
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Samson to his Delilah 87 Views
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Satan
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The Recommendation
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The Flaming Heart
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Charitas Nimia; or, The Dear Bargain
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On the Sepulchre of our Lord 81 Views
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Upon Ford's Two Tragedies
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On Mr. G. Herbert's Book, Entitled the Temple of Sacred Poe
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Divine Epigrams: Samson to his Delilah 79 Views
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On the still surviving Marks of our Saviour's 77 Views
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Divine Epigrams: To our Lord, upon the Water Made Wine 77 Views
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Christ Crucified 77 Views
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Divine Epigrams: On the Miracle of the Multiplied Loaves 67 Views
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On the Prodigal 65 Views
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Verses from the Shepherds' Hymn
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Wishes To His (Supposed) Mistress
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To the Name above every Name, the Name of Jesus
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On the Baptized Ethiopian 57 Views
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To the Noblest and Best of Ladies, the Countess of Denbigh
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To our Lord, upon the Water Made Wine 49 Views
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Music's Duel
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Upon the Book and Picture of the Seraphical Saint Teresa
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