Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action, and till action, lust
Is purile, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy'd no sooner but despisèd
straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had,
Past reason hated as a
swallowed bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad. . . .
The Bard"Sonnet 129," 1–8