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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• My Eyes in the Time of Apparition by Rachel McKibbens by Poetry In English
• Mrs. Mouse has glasses by R. L. KARLOWSKY by Poetry In English
• Mother by Sachin Yadav (Pen Name: Rahul Nachhiketa) by Poetry In English
• Most Precious by R. L. Karlowsky by Poetry In English
• Minneapolipstick by Rachel McKibbens by Poetry In English
• Meditation by Radames Antonio Cruz by Poetry In English
• Manipulation by Radames Antonio Cruz by Poetry In English
• intertwined by rachel wright by Poetry In English
• I Hardly Remember by Rafael Guillen by Poetry In English
• Homecoming of Love on the Sands by Rafael Alberti by Poetry In English
• Hex by Rachel McKibbens by Poetry In English
• From Marinero en tierra by Rafael Alberti by Poetry In English
• EVENING… by R.M. Engelhardt by Poetry In English
• El Cafetal by Rafael Guillen by Poetry In English
• Across the Street from the Whitmore Home for Girls, 1949 by Rachel McKibbens by Poetry In English
• zen: a very short history by Raj Arumugam by Poetry In English
• you witness my dying by Raj Arumugam by Poetry In English
• you say you love the earth by Raj Arumugam by Poetry In English
• you are there moon by Raj Arumugam by Poetry In English
• word of God by Raj Arumugam by Poetry In English

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