 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.  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Historical and Analytical ... - Page 281by William Shakespeare - 1901Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 588 pages
...cxxix. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme,...to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...CXXES. The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme,...trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner, but despised straight, Past reason hunted : and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 380 pages
...CXXIX. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme,...to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted, and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, sonnet it is not, either... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 408 pages
...CXXIX. The expence of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme,...to trust; Enjoy'd no sooner, but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to... | |
 | George Henry Calvert - 1879 - 230 pages
...greatest tragedies will be found a more glowing exemplifica/ tion than this intense sonnet : " The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ;...blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted, and no sooner had, Past reason hated,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Songs, English - 1879 - 274 pages
...fingers walk with gentle gait, Making dead wood more blest than living lips BEHIND THE VEIL "T^HE expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ;...blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, Knjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted, and no sooner had, Past reason hated,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1879 - 844 pages
...living lips. Since saucy jacks so happy are in this, Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss. - CXXIX. The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; and till action, lust I* pi-rjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoy'd... | |
 | David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...saucy jacks so happy are in this, Give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss. ci (129) ' I "HE expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ;...blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 328 pages
...thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss. 129. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ;9 and, till action, lust Is perjured, murderous, bloody,...to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and, no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 686 pages
...fingers, me thy lips to kiss. 129. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action ; 9 and, till action, lust Is perjured, murderous, bloody,...to trust ; Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and, no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid... | |
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