Sonnets CXXIX: Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame

Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame

Is lust in action; and till action, lust

Is perjur'd, murd'rous, 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 pursu...