I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
—Richard Crashaw
Topics: Men
Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray.
—Richard Crashaw
Topics: Prayer
The conscious water saw its God, and blushed.
—Richard Crashaw
Topics: Wine
Eyes, that displaces The neighbor diamond, and out-faces That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
—Richard Crashaw
Topics: Eyes
Love touched her heart, and lo! It beats high, and burns with such brave hearts.
—Richard Crashaw
Topics: Love
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