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02-02-2009, 03:10 AM
Sonnet #129
CXXIX.br /br /The expense of spirit in a waste of shamebr /Is lust in action; and till action, lustbr /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 hadbr /Past reason hated, as a swallow'd baitbr /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 wellbr /To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
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CXXIX.br /br /The expense of spirit in a waste of shamebr /Is lust in action; and till action, lustbr /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 hadbr /Past reason hated, as a swallow'd baitbr /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 wellbr /To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
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