 | George Wilson Knight - England - 2002 - 416 pages
...of Athens is given a condensed expression in one of the Sonnets (129), on the Dark Lady: 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... | |
 | Jeffrey Miller - Humor - 2002 - 302 pages
...EIGHT YOU SAY "COCOTTE," I SAY "HARLOT" Imputations of Unchastity 231 NOTES 255 INDEX 273 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 . . . All this the world well knows yet none knows well,... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 494 pages
...indulging his lust, he takes consolation only in the thought that he is not alone in folly: 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... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 260 pages
...bare of conceit, bare almost of image and building to its sombre climax in the couplet: 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... | |
 | John Carrington - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 344 pages
...Sonnet 130 with Sonnet 129. We sense immediately that we are in very different territory: Th'expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; Enjoyed no... | |
 | Literature - 2003 - 452 pages
...una suerte de viacrucis mental, como se puede apreciar en los primeros versos del poema: Th'expence 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, Progresión... | |
 | Fred Moten - Music - 2003 - 336 pages
...true representation of the object of desire that the earlier sonnets impossibly attain. 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... | |
 | A. W. Moore - Ethics - 2003 - 276 pages
...Themes and variations in Kant's moral and religious philosophy AW Moore Routledge For Phil The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and til! action, lust Is perjur'd, murderous, bloody, full of blame. Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not... | |
 | Jeffrey Kahan - Drama - 2004 - 408 pages
...the listener to recall the lines that follow: Is lust in action, and till, action, lust Is purg'd, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme,...to trust, Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight — (Sonnet 129, 2-5) If Young meant us to read Sonnet 129 as a commentary on Alonzo, then we must... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2004 - 342 pages
...expense ofspirit in a waste ofshame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel,...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... | |
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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... 
