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 

• Михаил Кузмин – В легкой лени by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – В Канопе жизнь привольная by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – В густом лесу мы дождь пережидали by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – В гроте Венерином мы горим by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Уж не слышен конский топот by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Увы, любви своей не скрою by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Утро (Звезды побледнели) by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Утраченного чародейства by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Утешение by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Туманный день пройдет уныло by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Трое (Нас было трое) by Михаил Кузьмин
• Михаил Кузмин – Три раза я его видел лицом к лицу by Михаил Кузьмин
• Константин Ваншенкин – Городские костры by Поэзия На Русском
• Константин Ваншенкин – Ехал я в штабном автомобиле by Поэзия На Русском
• Константин Батюшков – На смерть И.П. Пнина by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – На поэмы Петру Великому by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – На книгу под названием «Смесь» by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – Мщение by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – Мои пенаты by Константин Батюшков
• Константин Батюшков – Мечта by Константин Батюшков

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