Richard Crashaw Quotes
Nights, sweet as they, Made short by lovers play, Yet long by the absence of the day.
Richard Crashaw (2013). “Selected Poems”, p.48, Carcanet
Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.
Richard Crashaw (1858). “Complete works”, p.40
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there be words not made with lungs.
"Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems".
'Temperance' (1652)
Richard Crashaw (1858). “The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Canon of Loretto”, p.93
Richard Crashaw (1858). “The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Canon of Loretto”, p.72
Richard Crashaw, George Gilfillan, Francis Quarles (1857). “Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems”, p.170
Richard Crashaw (1949). “The verse in English of Richard Crashaw: the 1646 text of Steps to the temple and The delights of the Muses; the 1652 text of Carmen Deo Nostro; the 1653 text of A letter from Mr. Crashaw to the Countess of Denbigh; and the poems from manuscript”
Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles (1857). “The poetical works of Richard Crashaw and Quarles' Emblems”, p.15
A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing.
Richard Crashaw (1858). “The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Canon of Loretto”, p.15
'Wishes to His Supposed Mistress' (1648)
A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.
Richard Crashaw (1858). “Complete works”, p.118
In love's field was never found A nobler weapon than a wound.
'The Flaming Heart Upon the Book and Picture of Saint Teresa', collected in Carmen Deo Nostro (published posthumously,1652).