"Love, that like a rich and potent Lord possesses, each close Apartment of this Charming Body, retains thy Vertue for some fitter season, and therefore shuts it up in some dark Closet, till the Riotous Soul has done its Revelling."
— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Date
1682
Metaphor
"Love, that like a rich and potent Lord possesses, each close Apartment of this Charming Body, retains thy Vertue for some fitter season, and therefore shuts it up in some dark Closet, till the Riotous Soul has done its Revelling."
Metaphor in Context
HEART.
Aye, gad that would be a hopeful matter indeed;
[Aside.
Virtuously! why, thy Virtue is involv'd still in thy Love. Love, that like a rich and potent Lord possesses, each close Apartment of this Charming Body, retains thy Vertue for some fitter season, and therefore shuts it up in some dark Closet, till the Riotous Soul has done its Revelling.
Aye, gad that would be a hopeful matter indeed;
[Aside.
Virtuously! why, thy Virtue is involv'd still in thy Love. Love, that like a rich and potent Lord possesses, each close Apartment of this Charming Body, retains thy Vertue for some fitter season, and therefore shuts it up in some dark Closet, till the Riotous Soul has done its Revelling.
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "closet" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
09/07/2005
