In the Saddle by Lord Herbert of Cherbury is a collection of poems on the art and sport of horseback riding. Cherbury writes with an indulgent and cheerful infatuation with horses. Excerpt: "Look, when a painter would surpass the life, In limning out a well-proportioned steed, His art with nature's workmanship at strife, As if the dead the living should exceed; So did this horse excel a common one, In shape, in courage, color, pace, and bone."