despondency - Popular Poems and stories from category

Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care,
A burden more than I can bear,     I set me down and sigh:
O life
thou art a galling load,

I have gone backward in the work, The labour has not sped,
Drowsy and dark my spirit lies, Heavy and dull as lead
How can I rouse my sinking soul From such a lethargy
How can I break these iron chains, And set my spirit free...

"The winter wind is loud and wild,
Come close to me, my darling child;
Forsake thy books, and mateless play;
And, while the night is gathering gray,