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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• Владимир Бенедиктов – Праздник на биваке by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Пожар by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Потоки by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Пируя праздник возвращенья by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Певец by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Песнь соловья by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Пещеры Кизиль-коба by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Переход by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Переселение by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Отзыв на вызов by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Звездочет by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Знакомое место by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Желания by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Затмение by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Запретный плод by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Южная ночь by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Я знаю, люблю я бесплодно by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Я. П. Полонскому by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Христианские мысли перед битвами by Владимир Бенедиктов
• Владимир Бенедиктов – Вьющееся растение by Владимир Бенедиктов

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