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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• Indian Dancers by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Indian Dancer by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• In The Forest by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• In Salutation to the Eternal Peace by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• In Praise Of Henna by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Humayun To Zobeida (From the Urdu) by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Harvest Hymn by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Ecstasy by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Damayante To Nala In The Hour Of Exile by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Cradle Song by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Coromandel Fishers by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Corn Grinders by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Autumn Song by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• An Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Alabaster by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• A Rajput Love Song by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• A Love Song from the North by Sarojini Naidu by Sarojini Naidu
• Wishes by Satish Verma by Poetry In English
• WINGS ATTACHED by Satish Verma by Poetry In English
• WHAT ENDING by Satish Verma by Poetry In English

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