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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1646, enlarged 1648

English

The Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Richard Crashaw · c. 1612–1649

Baroque religious poetry of extravagant imagery on the tears of the Magdalene, the wounds of Christ, and the ecstasy of Teresa, by an English convert to Rome.

Western · PoetryRead elsewhere