"Love is a generous Volunteer; Lust a Mercenary Slave"
— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by S. Powell, for George Rish, George Ewing [etc.]
Date
1715
Metaphor
"Love is a generous Volunteer; Lust a Mercenary Slave"
Metaphor in Context
MODE.
Love, Love and Joy, old Wormwood; I have made a League with my Youth to get the better of Time; I have fast hold of his Fore-lock, and won't let a Moment pass without Enjoyment.
Impatient Sense, and Nature dies,
And Love a Second Life supplies.
Gentle Boy then fill my Cup,
A Bumper Cupid, fill it up
With Youth, and Wit, and noble Fires,
Vigorous Health, and young Desires.
FREE.
Humph!--a poetical Fop too; but let me tell you, Friend, you mistake your Passion; tis not Love, but Lust, Love is a generous Volunteer; Lust a Mercenary Slave. Love is a Court of Honour in the Heart; but what you call Love is only a scandalous Itching, a Rebellion in the Blood.
MODE.
I don't know what you wou'd have by Love and Desire; I think they are only different Words for the same Meaning. Liking begets Love, Love Desire, Desire Rage, and Rage Rapture.
FREE.
This Fellow's in a Blaze, his Blood has set him all on Fire.
Love, Love and Joy, old Wormwood; I have made a League with my Youth to get the better of Time; I have fast hold of his Fore-lock, and won't let a Moment pass without Enjoyment.
Impatient Sense, and Nature dies,
And Love a Second Life supplies.
Gentle Boy then fill my Cup,
A Bumper Cupid, fill it up
With Youth, and Wit, and noble Fires,
Vigorous Health, and young Desires.
FREE.
Humph!--a poetical Fop too; but let me tell you, Friend, you mistake your Passion; tis not Love, but Lust, Love is a generous Volunteer; Lust a Mercenary Slave. Love is a Court of Honour in the Heart; but what you call Love is only a scandalous Itching, a Rebellion in the Blood.
MODE.
I don't know what you wou'd have by Love and Desire; I think they are only different Words for the same Meaning. Liking begets Love, Love Desire, Desire Rage, and Rage Rapture.
FREE.
This Fellow's in a Blaze, his Blood has set him all on Fire.
Categories
Provenance
Searching HDIS
Date of Entry
10/13/2004
