Shakespeare

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Shakespeares Sonnet 129
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• The expense of spirit
• in a waste
• of shame

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Is lust in action and till action, lust
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Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame
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Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust
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Enjoyed no sooner but despisèd straight,
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Past reason hunted and no sooner had,
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Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait
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On purpose laid to make the taker mad
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Mad in pursuit, and in possession so
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Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme
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A bliss in proof and proved, a very woe
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Before, a joy proposed behind, a dream.
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All this the world well knows, yet none
knows well
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To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
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The Shakespearean Sonnet Project by Mazzarini
Nicolò January 2008 With the supervision of
Lucy Simonato