Crashaw, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CRASHAW, RICHARD krash o, 1612? 1649, one of the English metaphysical poets . He was graduated from Cambridge in 1634 and...Cardinal Palotto, who finally procured him a minor post at the shrine of Loreto, Italy, in Apr., 1649. Four months later Crashaw died of a fever. Although he wrote secular poetry in Latin and Greek as well as English, his fame rests on his intense...