William Shakespeare - Sonnets xix

William Shakespeare - Sonnets xix

TH' expense of Spirit in a waste of shame br Is lust in action; and till action, lust br Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, br Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; br Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight; br Past reason hunted; and, no sooner had, br Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait br On purpose laid to make the taker mad: br Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; br Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; br A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe; br Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. br    All this the world well knows; yet none knows well br    To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.


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