The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume ICrashaw, Richard
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The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I
Crashaw, Richard
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
[41] For critical remarks on the present very striking expansion and
interpretation rather than translation of MARINO, the Reader is referred
to our Essay. The SANCROFT MS. must have contained this poem, for it is
inserted in the index; but unfortunately the pages of the MS. containing
it have disappeared. It was first published in the 'Steps' of 1646 (pp.
51-73), and was reprinted in the editions of 1648 and 1670: and
separately, with a brief introduction, a few years since. Our text is
that of 1648 (pp. 57-74); but it differs from the edition of 1646 only
in slight changes of spelling, _e.g._ 'hee' for 'he,' 'guild' for
'gild,' and the like--not calling for record. The edition of 1670, in
st. i. line 3, misprints '_so_ what' for 'O what,' and TURNBULL repeats
the error, and of himself misreads in st. xxii. 'Who thunders on a
throne of stars above' for 'Who in a throne of stars thunders above,'
and in like manner in st. xxiv. line 8 substitutes 'getting' for
'finding,' and in st. xxvi. line 3 'serve' for 'serves.' Again in st.
li. first line of which is left partially blank, from (probably) the
illegibility of CRASHAW'S MS., TURNBULL tacitly fills in, 'By proud
usurping Herod now was borne,' and in line 3 misprints 'lineage' for
'image'--fetching it from the 'linage' of 1670--a plausible reading, yet
scarcely in keeping with the verb 'worn.' So too, besides lesser
orthographic alterations, in st. xxxvi. line 2 he does not detect the
stupid misprint 'whose' for 'my,' nor that of 'fight' for 'sight' in st.
xlvii. line 8, while in st. lxi. he drops 'all,' which even the 1670
edition does not do, any more than is it responsible for a tithe of
TURNBULL'S mistakes here and throughout. G.
[42] Appeared first in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 74-75): was reprinted in
1652 (pp. 66-69) and 1670 (pp. 185-187). Our text is that of 1652: but
see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem, and our Essay for
critical remarks. The engraving of 1652 is reproduced in our illustrated
quarto edition. G.
[43] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 76-78), where the title
is 'A Hymne on the B. Sacrament:' reprinted in 1652 (pp. 70-73) and
1670 (pp. 187-190). Our text is that of 1652; but see Notes at close of
the poem. G.
[44] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 74-78), where it is
headed 'On a prayer booke sent to Mrs. M.R.:' was reprinted in 1648 (pp.
78-82), where the title differs from that of 1652 (pp. 108-112) in
leaving out 'Prayer' and 'little,' and in 1670 as in 1646. Our text is
that of 1652; but see Notes and Illustrations at close and on M.R. in
our Essay. G.
[45] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 82-84), and was
reprinted in 1670 (pp. 198-200). Our text is that of 1648; but see Notes
and Illustrations at close of the poem. G.
[46] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 84-5): reprinted in
1652 (pp. 121-2) and 1670 (pp. 204-5). Out text is that of 1652, as
before; but see Notes at close of the poem. G.
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