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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Poems in English 

• Halo by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Grey eyed Goddess by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Everything ends by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Damned by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Compromising my ego by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Both ways I lose by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Blue flower by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Blue eyes by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• Be there for me by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• An ode to you by Tanisha Avarsekar by Poetry In English
• What time are we living in by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• Villanelle: Oscar Victorius by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• To the author(s) of Manimekalai by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• To Don Quixote, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s A Don Quichotte by T. Wignesan. by Poetry In English
• To a woman, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet: A une femme by T. Wignesan. by Poetry In English
• To a person, they say, frigid, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: A celle que l’on fit froide by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• The Virgin Maid of Orleans, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s sonnet: La Pucelle by T. Wignesan. by Poetry In English
• The Evening Soup, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: La Soupe du soir by T. Wignesan by Poetry In English
• Prison Souvenirs, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: Prière by T. Wignesan. by Poetry In English
• Prayer, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: Prière by T. Wignesan. by Poetry In English

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