Divine Epigrams: On the Baptized Ethiopian
Let it no longer be a forlorn hope
To wash an Ethiope;
He’s wash’d, his gloomy skin a peaceful shade,
For his white soul is made;
And now, I doubt not, the Eternal Dove
A black-fac’d house will love.
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Poet Richard Crashaw 1612–1649
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD 17th Century
Subjects Social Commentaries, Religion, Christianity, Race & Ethnicity
Poems by Richard Crashaw
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SUBJECT Social Commentaries, Religion, Christianity, Race & Ethnicity
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD 17th Century
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