The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume IVolume 1 — Sacred Poetry.Reading editionChapter navigation103 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE COMPLETE WORKS OF RICHARD CRASHAW. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.THE COMPLETE WORKS OF RICHARD CRASHAW.REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART,IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.Illustrations, in the illustrated Quarto only: Vol. I.PREFACE.MEMORIAL-INTRODUCTION.THE WORKS OF RICHARD CRASHAW.ENGLISH POETRY.STEPS TO THE TEMPLE.THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES. OR, Other Poems written on severall occasions.STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, Sacred Poems.CARMEN DEO NOSTRO,STEPS TO THE TEMPLE,STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, &c.Sacred Poetry.STEPS TO THE TEMPLECARMEN DEO NOSTRO &c.SAINTE MARY MAGDALENE, OR THE WEEPER.[21]SANCTA MARIA DOLORVM, OR THE MOTHER OF SORROWSTHE TEARE.[24]THE OFFICE OF THE HOLY CROSSE.[25]VEXILLA REGIS:[THE LORD SILENCES HIS QUESTIONERS.][29]OUR B[LESSED] LORD IN HIS CIRCUMCISION TO HIS FATHER.[30]ON THE WOUNDS OF OUR CRUCIFIED LORD.[31]VPON THE BLEEDING CRUCIFIX: A SONG.[32]TO THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME, THE NAME OF IESVS:PSALME XXIII.[34]PSALM CXXXVII.[35]IN THE HOLY NATIVITY OF OVR LORD GOD:NEW YEAR'S DAY.[37]IN THE GLORIOVS EPIPHANIE OF OVR LORD GOD:TO THE QVEEN'S MAIESTY.[39]VPON EASTER DAY.[40]SOSPETTO D' HERODE.THE HYMN OF SAINTE THOMAS,LAVDA SION SALVATOREM:PRAYER:TO THE SAME PARTY:DESCRIPTION OF A RELIGIOVS HOVSE AND CONDITION OF LIFE.ON MR. GEORGE HERBERT'S BOOKE INTITULED THE TEMPLE OF SACRED POEMS.A HYMN TO THE NAME AND HONOR OF THE ADMIRABLE SAINTE TERESA:AN APOLOGIE FOR THE FOREGOING HYMN,THE FLAMING HEART:A SONG OF DIVINE LOVE.[51]IN THE GLORIOVS ASSVMPTION OF OVR BLESSED LADY.[52]UPON FIVE PIOVS AND LEARNED DISCOURSES:DIES IRÆ, DIES ILLA:CHARITAS NIMIA, OR THE DEAR BARGAIN.[55]S. MARIA MAIOR.HOPE.[57]M. CRASHAW'S ANSWER FOR HOPE.[58]II. AIRELLES.MARY SEEKING JESUS WHEN LOST.THE WOUNDS OF THE LORD JESUS.ON YE GUNPOWDER-TREASON.[59]I. THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSESMUSICK'S DUELL.[61]THE PRAISE OF THE SPRING:WITH A PICTURE SENT TO A FRIEND.[63]IN PRAISE OF LESSIUS'S RULE OF HEALTH.[64]THE BEGINNING OF HELIODORUS.[65]CUPID'S CRYER:VPON BISHOP ANDREWS' PICTURE BEFORE HIS SERMONS.[67]VPON THE DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.[68]VPON THE DEATH OF MR. HERRYS.[69]VPON THE DEATH OF THE MOST DESIRED MR. HERRYS.[70]ANOTHER.[71]HIS EPITAPH.[72]AN EPITAPH VPON A YOVNG MARRIED COVPLEDEATH'S LECTVRE AND THE FVNERAL OF A YOVNG GENTLEMAN.[74]AN EPITAPH VPON DOCTOR BROOKE.[75]ON A FOULE MORNING, BEING THEN TO TAKE A JOURNEY.[76]TO THE MORNING:LOVE'S HOROSCOPE.[78]A SONG:OUT OF THE ITALIAN.OUT OF THE ITALIAN.VPON THE FRONTISPEECE OF MR. ISAACKSON'S CHRONOLOGIE.[81]ON THE FRONTISPIECE OF ISAACSON'S CHRONOLOGIE EXPLAINED.AN EPITAPH VPON MR. ASHTON,OUT OF CATULLUS.[83]WISHES.TO THE QUEEN:TO THE QUEEN,VPON TWO GREENE APRICOCKES SENT TO COWLEY BY SIR CRASHAW.[87]ALEXIAS:II. AIRELLES.UPON THE KING'S CORONATION.[89]UPON THE KING'S CORONATION.VPON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCESSE ELIZABETH.[90]VPON A GNATT BURNT IN A CANDLE.FROM PETRONIUS.[91]FROM HORACE.EX EUPHORMIONE.AN ELEGY VPON THE DEATH OF MR. STANNINOW,UPON THE DEATH OF A FREIND.AN ELEGIE ON THE DEATH OF DR. PORTER.[93]VERSE-LETTER TO THE COUNTESS OF DENBIGHAGAINST IRRESOLUTION AND DELAY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION.From 'Carmen Deo Nostro' (1652).Previous chapter ←Volume 1 — STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, &c.Next chapter →Volume 1 — STEPS TO THE TEMPLEAll chapters and sections (103)Opening pagesFront matterSections1Volume 1 · Other sectionsTHE COMPLETE WORKS OF RICHARD CRASHAW.REV. ALEXANDER B. GROSART,Volume 1 · Sections11Volume 1 · Other sectionsPREFACE.MEMORIAL-INTRODUCTION.THE WORKS OF RICHARD CRASHAW.ENGLISH POETRY.STEPS TO THE TEMPLE.THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES. OR, Other Poems written on severall occasions.STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, Sacred Poems.CARMEN DEO NOSTRO,STEPS TO THE TEMPLE,STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, &c.Sacred Poetry.STEPS TO THE TEMPLECARMEN DEO NOSTRO &c.SAINTE MARY MAGDALENE, OR THE WEEPER.[21]SANCTA MARIA DOLORVM, OR THE MOTHER OF SORROWSTHE TEARE.[24]THE OFFICE OF THE HOLY CROSSE.[25]VEXILLA REGIS:[THE LORD SILENCES HIS QUESTIONERS.][29]OUR B[LESSED] LORD IN HIS CIRCUMCISION TO HIS FATHER.[30]ON THE WOUNDS OF OUR CRUCIFIED LORD.[31]VPON THE BLEEDING CRUCIFIX: A SONG.[32]TO THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME, THE NAME OF IESVS:PSALME XXIII.[34]PSALM CXXXVII.[35]IN THE HOLY NATIVITY OF OVR LORD GOD:NEW YEAR'S DAY.[37]IN THE GLORIOVS EPIPHANIE OF OVR LORD GOD:TO THE QVEEN'S MAIESTY.[39]VPON EASTER DAY.[40]SOSPETTO D' HERODE.THE HYMN OF SAINTE THOMAS,LAVDA SION SALVATOREM:PRAYER:TO THE SAME PARTY:DESCRIPTION OF A RELIGIOVS HOVSE AND CONDITION OF LIFE.ON MR. GEORGE HERBERT'S BOOKE INTITULED THE TEMPLE OF SACRED POEMS.A HYMN TO THE NAME AND HONOR OF THE ADMIRABLE SAINTE TERESA:AN APOLOGIE FOR THE FOREGOING HYMN,THE FLAMING HEART:A SONG OF DIVINE LOVE.[51]IN THE GLORIOVS ASSVMPTION OF OVR BLESSED LADY.[52]UPON FIVE PIOVS AND LEARNED DISCOURSES:DIES IRÆ, DIES ILLA:CHARITAS NIMIA, OR THE DEAR BARGAIN.[55]S. MARIA MAIOR.HOPE.[57]M. CRASHAW'S ANSWER FOR HOPE.[58]Volume 1 · Chapters2Volume 1 · Other sectionsMARY SEEKING JESUS WHEN LOST.THE WOUNDS OF THE LORD JESUS.ON YE GUNPOWDER-TREASON.[59]Volume 1 · Chapters1Volume 1 · Other sectionsMUSICK'S DUELL.[61]THE PRAISE OF THE SPRING:WITH A PICTURE SENT TO A FRIEND.[63]IN PRAISE OF LESSIUS'S RULE OF HEALTH.[64]THE BEGINNING OF HELIODORUS.[65]CUPID'S CRYER:VPON BISHOP ANDREWS' PICTURE BEFORE HIS SERMONS.[67]VPON THE DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.[68]VPON THE DEATH OF MR. HERRYS.[69]VPON THE DEATH OF THE MOST DESIRED MR. HERRYS.[70]ANOTHER.[71]HIS EPITAPH.[72]AN EPITAPH VPON A YOVNG MARRIED COVPLEDEATH'S LECTVRE AND THE FVNERAL OF A YOVNG GENTLEMAN.[74]AN EPITAPH VPON DOCTOR BROOKE.[75]ON A FOULE MORNING, BEING THEN TO TAKE A JOURNEY.[76]TO THE MORNING:LOVE'S HOROSCOPE.[78]A SONG:OUT OF THE ITALIAN.OUT OF THE ITALIAN.VPON THE FRONTISPEECE OF MR. ISAACKSON'S CHRONOLOGIE.[81]ON THE FRONTISPIECE OF ISAACSON'S CHRONOLOGIE EXPLAINED.AN EPITAPH VPON MR. ASHTON,OUT OF CATULLUS.[83]WISHES.TO THE QUEEN:TO THE QUEEN,VPON TWO GREENE APRICOCKES SENT TO COWLEY BY SIR CRASHAW.[87]ALEXIAS:Volume 1 · Chapters2Volume 1 · Other sectionsUPON THE KING'S CORONATION.[89]UPON THE KING'S CORONATION.VPON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCESSE ELIZABETH.[90]VPON A GNATT BURNT IN A CANDLE.FROM PETRONIUS.[91]FROM HORACE.EX EUPHORMIONE.AN ELEGY VPON THE DEATH OF MR. STANNINOW,UPON THE DEATH OF A FREIND.AN ELEGIE ON THE DEATH OF DR. PORTER.[93]VERSE-LETTER TO THE COUNTESS OF DENBIGHAGAINST IRRESOLUTION AND DELAY IN MATTERS OF RELIGION.From 'Carmen Deo Nostro' (1652).I.← STEPS TO THE TEMPLE, &c.STEPS TO THE TEMPLE →