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 – Генеральская дача by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Футбол by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Это было давно by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Движение by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Дождь by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Детство by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Цирк by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Читайте, деревья, стихи Гезиода by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Человек в воде by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Царица мух by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Болезнь by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Битва с предками by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Бетховен by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Бегство в Египет by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Заболоцкий – Баллада Жуковского by Николай Заболоцкий
• Николай Языков – Жизни баловень счастливый by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Землетрясенье by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Записки А. С. Дириной by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Я. П. Полонскому (Благодарю тебя за твой подарок милой…) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Вторая присяга by Николай Языков

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