Nature
The Last Wish
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Nature
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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith). “The Last Wish.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lytton_r/2/.
Chicago
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith). “The Last Wish.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lytton_r/2/.
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