...and repunctuated this text, in most cases agreeing with Booth's 1977 version, which is as follows: Mad in pursuit, and in possession so, Had, having,...proved, a very woe, Before, a joy proposed, behind, a dreame.13 The impulse behind this editorial activity is akin to that behind the latetwentieth-century...

...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, having,...extreme; A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe. (Sonnet 129, 1.4-10) hence identity — is unstable. His deeds have not matched his heroic aspirations...

...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, having,...proposed, behind, a dream. All this the world well know, yet none knows well To shun the heav'n that leads men to this hell. The fact that in the act...

...reason hated, as a swallowed bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad — Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream. All this the world well knows; yet...knows well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.3 Here to be noted is nothing of the casual, predatory attitude to sex with any willing female...

...hunted, and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait On purpose laid to make the taker mad; Mad in pursuit and in possession so: Had, having,...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 119 The epigraph is too obvious a choice only if "lust" is understood in...

...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, having,...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. The sonnet demonstrates the overwhelming and all-consuming nature of sexual desire 'Had, having, and...

...hunted; and no sooner had, Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad: Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; Had, having,...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell." MS. DREW. (Holding up score.) Thank-you, Robert. I believe you just set a record. Now, Mandy Rainey....

...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...very woe; Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream. Now Donne: Being had, enjoying it decays: And thence, What before pleas'd them all, takes but one sense,...

...as a swallowed bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad. Mad in pursuit and in possession so, 10 Had, having, and in quest, to have extreme, A bliss...behind a dream. All this the world well knows yet knows not well, 14 To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. [Verbal repetitions are italicized]...

...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 world well knows; yet...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. She allows the book to drop open onto her lap My father was not like any ordinary father. I never thought...