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Emily Dickinson
Poems, Series 3
Emily Dickinson » Poems, Series 3 » XLVIII. Desire.

WHO never wanted, -- maddest joy
        Remains to him unknown:
The banquet of abstemiousness
        Surpasses that of wine.

Within its hope, though yet ungrasped
        Desire's perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
        Should disenthrall thy soul.



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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.


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