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 

• To All and Everything by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Conversation with Comrade Lenin by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Back Home by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Past One O’Clock … by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Our March by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• My Soviet Passport by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Call To Account! by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• Attitude To A Miss by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• At the Top of My voice by Vladimir Mayakovsky by Владимир Маяковский
• What a beautiful world by Vladimir Marku by Poetry In English
• Time by Vladimir Marku by Poetry In English
• The Room The Light and Golden Dust by Vishnu J Mohan by Poetry In English
• The Ghosts of past, the Angels of future by Vyshnav Shabu Nair by Poetry In English
• Signals by Walid Saba by Poetry In English
• September Rain by Vishü Rita Krocha by Poetry In English
• Rain falling by Vladimir Marku by Poetry In English
• Moonlight by Vita Sackville-West by Poetry In English
• Night dyes its hair by Vladimir Marku by Poetry In English
• Monday by Vishü Rita Krocha by Poetry In English
• Love’s Paradox by Vishü Rita Krocha by Poetry In English

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