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 

• From the Mountain by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• For Mêng Hao-jan by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Fine Apricot Lodge by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Fields and Gardens by the River Qi by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Farewell (II) by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Chungnan by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Birds Calling in the Ravine by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• An Evening in the Mountains by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• An Early Audience at the Palace of Light. (Harmonizing a poem for Secretary Jia Zhi.) by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A View of the Han River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Study by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of Peach-Blossom River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of an Autumn Night. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song of a Girl from Loyang by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Song at Weicheng. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Message to Commissioner Li At Zizhou by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Message from my Lodge at Wangchuan to Pei Di by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Green Stream. by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Farmhouse on the Wei River by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• A Reply by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰

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