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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDLE HANDS, by NEVA DUMONT
First Line: Idle hands, all day with patience folded!
Last Line: Of idle hands, all day with patience folded!
Subject(s): Idleness; Rest; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence
First Line: Idle hands, all day with patience folded!
Last Line: Of idle hands, all day with patience folded!
Subject(s): Idleness; Rest; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence
Idle hands, all day with patience folded!
All day she watches others work and play;
All day she waits and prays for strength to do!
She hears them say, "How nice she doesn't have to work.
I wish like her I, too, might rest."
They do not know the added pain they give
To her who smiles, her heartache to cover.
Oh, idle hands with such patience folded!
Could they but speak of dark and wakeful nights,
Of lonely days, of shattered hopes, of fears --
Fears she would not show or give to others.
God grant they never know the bitter pain
Of lonely hours, the emptiness, the silent agony
Of idle hands, all day with patience folded!
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