Th'Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame
(Sonnet 129) - Anna Prohaska
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action and till action lust
Is perjured murd'rous bloody full of blame
Savage extreme rude cruel not to trust
Enjoyed no sooner but despisè d straight
Past reason hunted and no sooner had
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
All this the world well knows yet none knows well
All this the world well knows yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell