Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

“ He smiled and thus he answered then:
Desire can have no greater pain,
Than for to see another man,
The things desired to attain;
Nor greater joy can be than this:
That to enjoy that others miss.
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This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”