Shakespeare's Sonnet 129

17/11/2025 20 min

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Episode Synopsis

Shakespeare talks about lust and how damaging it can be. This one is a LITTLE SPICY. Sonnet 129Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shameIs lust in action; and till action, lustIs perjured, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame,Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,Enjoyed no sooner but despisèd straight,Past reason hunted; and, no sooner hadPast reason hated as a swallowed baitOn 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.