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 

• Николай Заболоцкий – Змеи by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Жена by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Зеленый луч by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Засуха by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Я трогал листы эвкалипта by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Я не ищу гармонии в природе by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Ходоки by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Все, что было в душе by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Воздушное путешествие by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Вопросы к морю by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Весна в лесу by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Вечерний бар by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Вчера, о смерти размышляя by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – В тайге by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – В этой роще березовой by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Утренняя песня by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Урал by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Творцы дорог by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Тбилисские ночи by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Свадьба by Николай Заболоцкий

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