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THE

ENGLISH POEMS

of

RICHARD
CRASHAW

EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION & NOTES

BY EDWARD HUTTON

WITH A FRONTISPIECE

LONDON

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
MDCCCCI

111453. 45.7

HARVARD COLLEGE

May 25.1931
LIBRARY

George. Herbert Palmer.

TO THE

DEAR and SWEET MEMORY

OF

NICHOLAS FERRAR

Who died at Little Gidding
Dec. 4, 1637

Being ADVENT SUNDAY

This Edition of the POEMS of his Friend

RICHARD CRASHAW

is dedicated

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis

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Introduction.

CONTENTS

STEPS TO THE TEMPLE

The Weeper.

Sancta Maria Dolorum

The Tear

The Office of Holy Cross

Vexilla Regis

Neither durst any man ask Him any more questions

On the Wounds of our Crucified Lord

Upon the Bleeding Crucifix

To the Name above every Name

Psalm XXIII.

Psalm CXXXVII

In the Holy Nativity of our Blessed Lord

A Hymn for the Circumcision of our Blessed Lord.
Our Blessed Lord in His Circumcision to His Father
To the Queen's Majesty-a Dedication.

In the Glorious Epiphany of our Blessed Lord

Upon Easter Day
Sospetto d'Herode .
Hymn of St. Thomas

Lauda Sion Salvatorem

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Prayer: an Ode prefixed to a little Prayer-Book
To the Same

A Description of a Religious House

On Mr. George Herbert's Book

A Hymn to St. Teresa

An Apology for the Foregoing
The Flaming Heart

A Song of Divine Love

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