Love and lust

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Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies.
Love is all truth, Lust full of forgèd lies.

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

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Topic

Love and lust Nature of love Love Lust

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Venus and Adonis

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1593 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 803.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.