"Lust is the unbridled Horse of the Soul that has thrown its Rider."
— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Work Title
Date
1780?
Metaphor
"Lust is the unbridled Horse of the Soul that has thrown its Rider."
Metaphor in Context
Lust is the unbridled Horse of the Soul that has thrown its Rider.
A Fop is but a piece of Man.
Nature never said one thing, and Wisdom another.
LIfe, without Love, is but a dull insipid Being.
He who gives to be seen, will never relieve a Man in the dark.
[...]
A Fop is but a piece of Man.
Nature never said one thing, and Wisdom another.
LIfe, without Love, is but a dull insipid Being.
He who gives to be seen, will never relieve a Man in the dark.
[...]
Categories
Provenance
Reading at the Clark Library
Citation
Lewis, W. S. The Impenetrable Secret, Probably Invented by Horace Walpole: An Explanation of the Secret; with a Note on the Original. (Farmington, Conn: Privately Printed, 1939).
Date of Entry
07/10/2025
