Shakespeare's Sonnets Navigator | Summary of Sonnet 129 in the Table of Contents | Notes for Sonnet 129 |
1 Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame 2 Is lust in action; and till action, lust 3 Is perjur'd, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame, 4 Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, 5 Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, 6 Past reason hunted, and no sooner had, 7 Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait 8 On purpose laid to make the taker mad; 9 Mad in pursuit and in possession so; 10 Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme, 11 A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe; 12 Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream. 13 All this the world well knows, yet none knows well 14 To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. |
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