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Richard Crashaw
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1612–1649 · English poet and cleric (c.1613 – 1649)

Also known as: Crashaw, Ричард Крэшо, ريتشارد كراشو, リチャード・クラショー, 理查德·克拉肖, Крашоу

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Known works

  • Steps to the temple
  • A hymn of the Nativity
  • Epigrammatum sacrorum liber
  • Poems (Oxford English Texts)
  • The complete works of Richard Crashaw