The Complete Poetry of Richard Chashaw

by George Walton (ed) Williams

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

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[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was able to find this 600 page document at Internet Archive and chipped away at it (a few poems a week) for over a year. Crashaw (1613-1649) is one of my favorite metaphysical poets, but his old-fashioned language can be a challenge. Still, he's well worth the effort.

Here's one sample:

Christ when he dy'd
Deceived the Cross;
And on death's side
Threw all the loss.
The captive world awaked, and found
The prisoners loose, the jailer bound.