← Richard CrashawThe Delights of the Musesby Richard CrashawFind on Amazon↗About the authorRichard CrashawEnglish Catholic metaphysical poet whose extravagant religious verse shows the influence of continental Baroque. His Steps to the Temple and Carmen Deo Nostro are noted for their sensuous mysticism.More by Richard CrashawSteps to the TempleDevotional poems celebrating sacred love through sensuous religious imagery and ecstasy→Carmen Deo NostroBaroque devotional poems honoring the Virgin Mary with ornate spiritual imagery→