Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford Quote

So he that takes the pain to pen the book
Reaps not the gifts of goodly golden Muse;
But those gain that who on the work shall look,
And from the sour the sweet by skill doth choose.
For he that beats the bush the bird not gets,
But who sits still and holdeth fast the nets.

'The labouring man, that tills the fertile soil' (1573) st. 6