One of this poet's speakers defines "lust in action" as "the expense of spirit in a waste of shame." A poem by this author insists that not even "war's quick fire shall burn the living record" of the 
One of this poet's speakers defines "lust in action" as "the expense of spirit in a waste of shame." A poem by this author insists that not even "war's quick fire shall burn the living record" of the addressee, whom the speaker immortalized in a "powerful rhyme" that will outlive "the gilded monuments of princes." This poet compared a lover's hair to "black wire" in an unflattering poem that opens: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun." This poet answered the title question of one of his poems by quipping: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." For 10 points, name this Elizabethan author, whose eighteenth sonnet opens: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
One of this poet's speakers defines "lust in action" as "the expense of spirit in a waste of shame."