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 

• Жан де Лафонтен – Голубь и Муравей by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Фортуна и Дитя by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Эзопово объяснение одного завещания by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Две Козы by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Два Мула by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Дровосек и Меркурий by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Дафнис и Алцимадура by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Человек и его Изображение by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Безумец и Мудрец by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Астролог, упавший в колодец by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан де Лафонтен – Амур и Безумие by Jean de La Fontaine
• Жан Расин – Решенье принято, час перемены пробил by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Когда мы вышли из Трезенских врат by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Гофолия by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Британик by Jean Racine
• Жан Расин – Андромаха by Jean Racine
• Зинаида Александрова – Зимняя песенка by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Волчонок by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Ветер на речке by Зинаида Александрова
• Зинаида Александрова – Венок by Зинаида Александрова

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Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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