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THE HANDS THAT HANG DOWN, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: O lord, I am so tired! Last Line: To pity and despise! Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Despair | ||||||||
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! | Other Poems of Interest...THE DAY THAT WAS THAT DAY by AMY LOWELL MAN IN THE STREET OR HAND OVER MOUTH by HEATHER MCHUGH BURIAL RITES by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE CAMPS; FOR MARILYN HACKER by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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