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 Языков – Вот яблоки так яблоки, на славу by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Воспоминание by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Водопад by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Виленскому (Не робко пей, товарищ мой) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Весна by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Вечер (Прохладен воздух был) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Валдайский узник by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – В. М. Княжевичу (Простите мне простое «ты») by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – В альбом Ш. К. Фон-дер-Борг (Доверчивый, простосердечной) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – В. А. Елагину (Светло блестит на глади неба ясной) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Услад by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Тригорское by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Странный случай by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Стансы (В час, как деву молодую) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Сомнение by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Сказка о пастухе и диком вепре by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Сержант Сурмин by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – С. П. Шевыреву (Тебе хвала, и честь, и слава) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Романс (Угрюм стоит дремучий лес) by Николай Языков
• Николай Языков – Романс (Красой небесною прекрасна) by Николай Языков

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