Sonnet 129
The expense of spirit in a waste of
shame
«William Shakespeare»
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action,
and till action, lust
Is perjured,
murd'rous, bloody full of blame,
Savage, extreme,
rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoyed no sooner but
despised straight,
Past reason hunted,
and no sooner had
Past reason hated as
a swallowed bait,
On purpose laid to
make the taker mad.
Mad in pursuit and in
possession so,
Had, having, and in
quest, to have extreme,
A bliss in proof and
proved, a very woe,
Before a joy proposed
behind a dream.
All this the world
well knows yet none knows well,
To shun the heaven
that leads men to this hell.
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