Richard Crashaw

Here you will find the Poem Two Went up into the Temple to Pray of poet Richard Crashaw

Two Went up into the Temple to Pray

Two went to pray? O rather say
 One went to brag, th' other to pray:

 One stands up close and treads on high,
 Where th' other dares not send his eye.

 One nearer to God's altar trod,
 The other to the altar's God.