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Richard Crashaw (c. 1613 - August 25, 1650), English poet, styled "the divine," was born in London.
He was the son of a strongly anti-papistical divine, Dr William Crashaw (1572-1626), who distinguished himself, even in those times, by the excessive acerbity of his writings against the Catholics. In spite of these opinions, however, he was attracted by Catholic devotion, for he translated several Latin hymns of the Jesuits. Richard Crashaw was originally put to school at Charterhouse, but in July 1631 he was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A. in 1634. The publication of Herbert's Temple in 1633 seems to have finally determined the bias of his genius in favour of religious poetry, and next year he published his first book, Epigrammatum sacrorum liber, a volume of Latin verses.
In March 1636 he removed to Peterhouse, was made a fellow of that college in 1637, and proceeded M.A. in 1638. It was about this time that he made the acquaintance and secured the lasting friendship of Abraham Cowley. He was also on terms of intimacy with the Anglican monk Nicholas Ferrar, and frequently visited him at his religious house at Little Gidding. In 1641 he is said to have gone to Oxford, but only for a short time; for when in 1643 Cowley left Cambridge to seek a refuge at Oxford, Crashaw remained behind, and was forcibly ejected from his fellowship in 1644. In the confusion of the civil wars he escaped to France, where he finally embraced the Catholic religion, towards which he had long been tending.
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Great little One! whose all-embracing birthLifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~Richard Crashaw
MutheringHeight (MutheringHeight) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:37 -0000
Great little One! whose all-embracing birthLifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~Richard Crashaw
Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~Richard Crashaw
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Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~Richard Crashaw
RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth liftsEarth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.~ Richard Crashaw #quote
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RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth liftsEarth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.~ Richard Crashaw #quote
RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth liftsEarth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.~ Richard Crashaw #quote
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RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth liftsEarth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.~ Richard Crashaw #quote
RT @powersellingmom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~ Richard Crashaw #quote
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RT @powersellingmom: Great little One!whose all-embracing birth lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~ Richard Crashaw #quote
RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One! whose all-embracing birth lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~ Richard Crashaw #quote
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RT @PowerSellingMom: Great little One! whose all-embracing birth lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. ~ Richard Crashaw #quote
A Hymn to the Name and Honor of the Admirable Sainte Teresa - A Poem by Richard Crashaw, from The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse.
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Catholic Dossier - Background on the poetic styles of Richard Crashaw and John Donne, from Professor R.V. Young, North Carolina State University.
Enculturation: Lisa S. Starks - A scholarly article: 'Batter My [Flaming] Heart': Male Masochism in the Religious Lyrics of Donne and Crashaw.
Richard Crashaw - Biographical article on the poet, in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
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Richard Crashaw - Brief biography and links to several poems.
Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) - Biography, works, and web resources for the metaphysical poet. Webpages dedicated to Crashaw and his works at luminarium.org.
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Richard Crashaw Bibliography - A selected bibliography that covers the years 1785 to 1995. From William S. Peterson, University of Maryland.
Richard Crashaw: Selected Works - At the Poets' Corner website.
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Richard Crashaw: The Complete Works - Currently provides about 80% of Crashaw's works in English.
Meta Description: [ Richard Crashaw, the complete works online, from BritLit.org. John Richard Stevens ]
RPO: Selected Poetry of Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) - Several poems from the University of Toronto.
The Flaming Heart - A Poem by Richard Crashaw: Vpon the book and Picture of the seraphicall saint Teresa, (as she is vsvally expressed with a Seraphim biside her), from The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse.
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