My poor body, madam, requires it; I am driven on
by the flesh, and he must needs go that the devil drives.
So lust, thought to a radiant angel link'd,
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
They are in the very wrath of love, and they will together; clubs
cannot part them.
cannot part them.
'Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
But Lust's effect is tempest after sun;
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done;
Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;
Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies.
But Lust's effect is tempest after sun;
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done;
Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies;
Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies.
They say all lovers swear more performance than they
are able and yet reserve an ability that they never
perform, vowing more than the perfection of ten and
discharging less than the tenth part of one.
References:
All's Well that Ends Well 1.3.27-30
Hamlet 1.5.61-3, the Ghost to Hamlet
As You Like It 5.2.40-1, Rosalind to Orlando
Venus and Adonis 799-804, Adonis
Troilus and Cressida 3.2.81-4, Cressida to Troilus
Honestly this piece is pretty impressive. Shakespeare wrote a lot about love and lust but are still difficult to express in a different context especially when you consider the amount of archaic diction that he utilizes in his poems. I thought that it was really cool how the Venus and Adonis quote explained love and lust. It showed the happiness and innocence of love while contrasting it with the fear and loathing of lust. Overall this poem shows a lot of passion and meaning and is a very good representation of the nature lust and love.
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