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Two Went up into the Temple to Pray

by Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw

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.




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