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" A bliss in 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 to this hell. CXXX My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red... "
A Household Book of English Poetry: Selected and Arranged, with Notes - Page 47
by Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 438 pages
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...sooner, but despised straight ; Past reason hunted ; and no sooner had, Part reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad : Mad...possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy propoa'd; behind, a dream : All this...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...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...possession so : Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme* A Bliss in proof; and prov'd, a very Woe: Before, a Joy propos'd ; behind, a Dream ||. All this the...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 pages
...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...possession so, Had, having, and in quest, to have extreme, A bliss in proof, and proud, and very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream. All this the...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...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...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe3 ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream: All this...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...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...possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed ; behiu'l, a dream : All this...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...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...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof,— and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream : All this...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...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...possession so; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof,—and prov'd, a very woe; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream : All this the...
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Specimens of English Sonnets

English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...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...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and prov'd, a very woe ; Before, a joy propos'd ; behind, a dream : All this...
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Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems: Being His Sonnets Clearly Developed ...

Charles Armitage Brown - Autobiography in literature - 1838 - 326 pages
...the taker mad ; Mad in pursuit, and in possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme ; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe ; Before...dream : All this the world well knows ; yet none knows \\ To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell." I repeat that the two sonnets, printed at the about...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...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...possession so ; Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; A bliss in proof, — and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream: All this the...
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