DescriptionRichard Crashaw COVER Steps to the Temple 1646.jpg
English: Cover of Richard Crashaw's poetry collection Steps to the Temple. Sacred Poems, With other Delights of the Muses (London: Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1646). Image located at: http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/cambridgeauthors/herbert-influence
Original publication: Richard Crashaw's poetry collection Steps to the Temple. Sacred Poems, With other Delights of the Muses (London: Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1646).
The author died in 1649, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
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