...having, and in quest, to have eitreme, A bliss in proof, and proud, and 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. IN PRAISE OF HER BEAUTY, THOUGH BLACK. IN the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it...

...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 the world well knows ;...well To shun the Heaven that leads men to this Hell. SONNET CXXX. Mr mistress' eyes are nothing like the Sun ; Coral is far more red than her lips' red...

...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 world well knows, yet...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. IN PRAISE OF HER BE AUTY, THOUGH BLACK. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it...

...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 world well knows, yet...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. IN PRAISE OF HER BEAUTY, THOUGH BLACK. In the old age black was not counted fair, Or if it were, it...

...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,...— and proved, a very woe; Before, a joy proposed ; behiu'l, a dream : All this the world well knows; yet none knows well To shun the heaven that 'leads...

...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 ;...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 than her lips' red: If snow...

...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 ;...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 than her lips' red : If snow...

...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 ;...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell. I KNOW that all beneath the moon decays, And what by mortals in this world is brought, In Time's great...

...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. Poems. 485 Man changed by outward circumstances. At all times alike Men are not still the same ; 'Twas...

...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,...well To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell." I repeat that the two sonnets, printed at the end, about Cupid and a nymph of Diana, belong to nothing...