But Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light

Richard CrashawRichard Crashaw

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The world’s light shines, shine as it will,
The world will love its darkness still.
I doubt though when the world’s in hell,
It will not love its darkness half so well.
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Richard Crashaw
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Richard Crashaw

1613 - 1649/Male/EnglishRichard Crashaw, English poet, styled "the divine," was part of the Seventeenth-century Metaphysical School of poets.

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