The Hands That Hang Down

O Lord, I am so tired!

My heart is sick and sore.

I work, and work, and do no good-

And I can try no more!

I lay my treasures up,

And think they’re worth such care;

And the next time I go to look,

There’s only rubbish there!

I tug hard at the door

Of knowledge-strain and pant;

But, Lord, the more I seem to learn,

The more I’m ignorant!

Sometimes I am so vain

I set myself to teach;

But e’en the first beginnings lie

Utterly out of reach!

I am no use-no use!

I thought I might have been;

But now I know how small I am,

How poor, how false, how mean!

Sunk in the dust and mire

While aiming at the skies,

Only a thing to laugh at, Lord,

To pity and despise!

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• Prisoner by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Playthings by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Patience by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Passing Breeze by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Parting Words by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Paper Boats by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Only Thee by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• On the Seashore by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Old And New by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Ocean of Forms by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• O Fool by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• My Song by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• My Friend by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Moment’s Indulgence by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Maya by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXXIX: There Is a Looker-On by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XXII: I Shall Gladly Suffer by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XVIII: Your Days by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore
• Lover’s Gifts XVI: She Dwelt Here by the Pool by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

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