"Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter’s head with flowers."
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Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw (c. 1613 – 21 August 1649) English poet, styled "the divine," was part of the Seventeenth-century Metaphysical School of poets.
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