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.

(C) Richard Crashaw
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Richard Crashaw

• Out Of Catallus
• Satan
• Prayer
• The Flaming Heart Upon The Book And Picture Of Saint Teresa
• A Song
• But Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light
• An Epitaph Upon Husband And Wife
• On The Miracle Of The Multiplied Loaves
• Divine Epigrams: On The Miracle Of The Multiplied Loaves
• Saint Mar Magdelene; Or, The Weeper
• Divine Epigrams: Samson To His Delilah
• Wishes To His (supposed) Mistress
• Verses From The Shepherds Hymn
• The Weeper
• A Hymn To The Name And Honour Of The Admirable Saint Teresa
• On Mr. G. Herberts Book
• On Marriage
• Christ Crucified