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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• Sonnet Of Motherhood X poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Sonnet Of Motherhood VIII poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Sonnet Of Motherhood VI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Memory poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Love Sonnet XXXV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
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• Love Sonnet XXI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Love Sonnet XVII poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Love Sonnet XV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
• Love Sonnet XLIX poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems by Zora Bernice May Cross
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