“Come and let us live my Deare,Let us love and never feare,What the sowrest Fathers say:Brightest Sol that dies to dayLives againe as blithe to morrow,But if we darke sons of sorrowSet; o then, how long a NightShuts the Eyes of our short light!Then let amorous kisses dwellOn our lips, begin and tellA Thousand, and a Hundred, scoreAn Hundred, and a Thousand more,Till another Thousand smotherThat, and that wipe of another.Thus at last when we have numbredMany a Thousand, many a Hundred;Wee’l confound the reckoning quite,And lose our selves in wild delight:While our joyes so multiply,As shall mocke the envious eye.””
Quotes by Richard Crashaw
“And when life's sweet fable ends,Soul and body part like friends;No quarrels, murmurs, no delay;A kiss, a sigh, and so away.””
The Complete Poetry of Richard Crashaw
“Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, \ And there are words not made with lungs””
The Complete Poetry of Richard Crashaw
“Tis not the work of force but skillTo find the way into man's will.Tis love alone can hearts unlock.Who knows the WORD, he needs not knock.””
The Complete Poetry of Richard Crashaw
“I wish her storeOf worth may leave her poorOf wishes; and I wish - no more. - ””
Collins Albatross Book of Verse
Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw was an influential English poet and cleric, recognized as one of the foremost metaphysical poets of the 17th century. Born to a prominent Anglican divine with Puritan beliefs, Crashaw'...