Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw (1616-1650) was an English minor poet, born in London. He was bred for the English Church. He went to Paris, where he became a Roman Catholic. He fell into pecuniary difficulties, but was befriended by Cowley and recommended to a post. He was an imitator of George Herbert, and his poems were of the same class, but more fantastical. His principal poems were "Steps to the Temple" and the "Delights of the Muses". Both Milton and Pope are indebted to him.

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