tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26688928.post6641375706452629248..comments2022-11-15T09:13:23.148+00:00Comments on Rough Dreams: Losing A Battle, Winning A WarRough Dreamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17037527997338274672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26688928.post-78088377751680165632008-06-19T17:13:00.000+01:002008-06-19T17:13:00.000+01:00The expense of spirit in a waste of shameIs lust i...The expense of spirit in a waste of shame<BR/>Is lust in action; and till action, lust<BR/>Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,<BR/>Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,<BR/>Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,<BR/>Past reason hunted, and no sooner had<BR/>Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait<BR/>On purpose laid to make the taker mad;<BR/>Mad in pursuit and in possession so;<BR/>Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;<BR/>A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;<BR/>Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.<BR/><BR/>All this the world well knows; yet none knows well<BR/>To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.<BR/><BR/>"Sonnet 129" de William Shakespeare<BR/><BR/>P.S. Pensava que o tÃtulo original era "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" ^^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com