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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• Валерий Брюсов – Из наблюдений by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из лесной жути by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из латинской антологии (Нежный стихов аромат услаждает безделие девы) by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из детской книжки by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из арабской лирики отрывок by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из Александрийской антологии. К Сапфо by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Из ада изведенные (Астарта! Астарта! И ты посмеялась) by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Июль 1908 by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Ленин by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Лед и уголь by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Пленный лев by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Пиршество войны by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Пифия by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Петербург (Здесь снов не ваял Сансовино) by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Песня североамериканских индейцев by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Песня гренландцев by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Песня девушки в тайге by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – Последнее желанье by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – После смерти Ленина by Валерий Брюсов
• Валерий Брюсов – После сенокоса by Валерий Брюсов

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