Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton. 1831–1892795. The Last Wish
| SINCE all that I can ever do for thee | |
| Is to do nothing, this my prayer must be: | |
| That thou mayst never guess nor ever see | |
| The all-endured this nothing-done costs me. |