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.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Although the sentiment Lytton descrbes in the poem has been experiences at some time or another by virtually everyone who's ever lived and loved, I don't think I've ever seen the sensation described anywhere else in Western Literature, and certainly never so well.