What hast thou ever done for me? Defeated every good endeavor; I never can through life agree To place my confidence in thee, Not ever! no, never! Often have I thy stream admired, Thou nothing hast availed me ever; Vain have I thought myself inspired; Say have I else but pain acquired? Not ever! no, never! No earthly good, no stream of health, Flows from thy fount thou cheerful giver, From thee affluence sinks to stealth, From thee I pluck no bloom of health, Whatever! no, never! Thou canst impart a noble mind, Power from my tongue flows like a river, The gas flows dead I'm left behind, To all that's evil down confined, To flourish more, never! With thee I must through life complain, Thy powers at large will union sever; Disgorge no more thy killing bane, The bird, hope, flies from thee in pain, To return more, never! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VOICELESS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO TO A PINE TREE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL SONNET (3) by CHARLES HAMILTON SORLEY MANASSAS [JULY 21, 1861] by CATHERINE ANNE WARFIELD WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH by WALT WHITMAN NIOBE: INEXORABLE DEATH by AESCHYLUS |