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 GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [MAY 9, 1775] by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE SOLDIER'S DREAM by THOMAS CAMPBELL CA' THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES' by ISOBEL (ISABEL) PAGAN WHITTIER by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 25 by ALFRED TENNYSON NOT DEAD, BUT GONE BEFORE by ANTIPHANES |