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William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 [1640], Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent (Printed... by Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson [etc.], London) [word count] [S11600].

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Immoderate Lust. [Sonnet CXXIX]
Th' expence of Spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action, and till action, lust
Is perjurd, murdrous, blooddy full of blame,
Savage, extreame, rude, cruell, not to trust,
Injoyd no sooner but despised straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had
Past reason hated as a swallowed bayt,
On purpose layd to make the taker mad.

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Made in pursuit and in possession so,
Had, having, and in quest, to have extreame,
A blisse in proofe and proud and very woe,
Before a joy proposd behind a dreame,
All this the world well knowes yet none knowes well,
To shun the haven that leads men to this hell.
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William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 [1640], Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent (Printed... by Tho. Cotes, and are to be sold by Iohn Benson [etc.], London) [word count] [S11600].