Th'Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129)
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, 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 prov’d, a very woe;
Before, a joy propos’d;(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.
Th'Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129)LRC歌词
[00:06.020]The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
[00:12.370]Is lust in action; and till action, lust
[00:17.360]Is perjur’d, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
[00:23.220]Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;
[00:29.380]Enjoy’d no sooner but despised straight;
[00:32.870]Past reason hunted; and no sooner had,
[00:38.440]Past reason hated, as a swallow’d bait,
[00:41.100]On purpose laid to make the taker mad:
[00:43.950]
[00:52.980]Mad in pursuit, and in possession so;
[00:59.590]Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
[01:07.100]A bliss in proof, and prov’d, a very woe;
[01:10.800]Before, a joy propos’d;(behind, a dream.)
[01:19.490]
[01:40.750]All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
[02:02.690]All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
[02:24.160]
[02:39.220]To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
[02:43.360]
