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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• Альфред де Мюссе – Намуна by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Майская ночь by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Люси by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Как лепестки весеннего цветка by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Ива (Как придется мне покинуть свет) by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Друзья мои! Когда умру я by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Да, женщины, тут нет ошибки by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Альфред де Мюссе – Что так усиленно сердце больное by Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
• Алексей Жемчужников – Знакомая картина by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Зимнее чувство by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Земля by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Заметки о некоторой публицистике by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Заколдованный месяц by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Забудь их шумное волненье by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – За днями ненастными с темными тучами by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Я музыкальным чувством обладаю by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Всем хлеба by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Возрождение by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Воспоминание в деревне о Петербурге by Алексей Жемчужников
• Алексей Жемчужников – Весна by Алексей Жемчужников

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