Episode 2 – Sonnet 129
Anthony verses The Sonnets with Melinda Hall
English - September 04, 2014 23:22 - 21.2 MBBooks Arts shakespeare sonnets poetry analysis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Anthony and Melinda discuss Sonnet 129. The expense of spirit in a waste of shameIs lust in action; and till action, lustIs perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,Enjoy`d no sooner but despised straight,Past reason hunted, and no sooner hadPast reason hated, as a swallow`d baitOn purpose laid to make […]
Anthony and Melinda discuss Sonnet 129.
The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not 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 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.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
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