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...sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad : ^"Mad...proof, and proved, a very woe ; Before, a joy proposed ; behind, a dream. j All this the world well knows ; yet none knows well • To shun the heaven that...

...youth, So I, made lame ty fortunes, dearest spite, Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted;...taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; Had, ha ving, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe : Before, a joy proposed...

...I ought not to have omitted. " She touch 'el no unknown baits, nor fear'd no hooks." " Lust is ... .no sooner had Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait...the taker mad ; Mad in pursuit, and in possession too." Lucrèce, 103. Sonnets, 129. Among Shakespeare's descriptions of river scenery, the following...

...Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ; Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had,...

...Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust, Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted,...proof, and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet none knows well To shun the heaven that leads men...

...man's attitude to love before and after sexual intercourse, as others have noted.9 First, Sonnet 129: Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss...proof, and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. Now Donne: Being had, enjoying it decays: And thence, What before pleas'd them all,...