Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | VI. Human Experience | | Briefs | | Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649) |
| | WATER TURNED INTO WINE THE CONSCIOUS water saw its God and blushed. | |
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THE WIDOW’S MITES Two mites, two drops, yet all her house and land, | |
| Fall from a steady heart, though trembling hand: | |
| The other’s wanton wealth foams high, and brave; | |
| The other cast away, she only gave. | 5 |
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“TWO WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY” Two went to pray? O, rather say, | |
| One went to brag, the other to pray; | |
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| One stands up close and treads on high, | |
| Where the other dares not lend his eye; | |
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| One nearer to God’s altar trod, | 10 |
| The other to the altar’s God. | | | | |
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