Crashaw

[ krash-aw ]

noun

1. Richard, 1613–49, English poet.

Crashaw

/ ˈkræʃɔː /

noun

1. CrashawRichard16131649MEnglishWRITING: poet Richard. 1613–49, English religious poet, noted esp for the Steps to the Temple (1646)

Example Sentences

Mr. Thompson, as some critic has remarked, is a 'greater Crashaw.'

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To one so gentle, shy, self-introspective as Crashaw, it must have been as the tearing down of a nest to a poor bird.

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Our after-Memoir of the elder Crashaw shows that he was a man of no ordinary force of character and influence.

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So that we know not the date of young Crashaw's entry on the 'foundation' provided so munificently by Sutton.

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It is characteristic of Crashaw to give a first-sketch, and afterwards fill in other details to complete the scene or portraiture.

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