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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• On A March Day by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• Oh You Are Coming by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• My Heart Is Heavy by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• Love And Death by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• Longing by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
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• Let It Be Forgotten by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• Jewels by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
• It Will Not Change by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
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• In The End by Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale
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