 STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes...  The Laureates of England, from Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson - Page 17publié par - 1895 - 459 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1835 - 378 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast : Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art ; They* strike mine eyes but not mine heart. [This very fine song is found... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast : Still to be powder'd, still pcrfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a jrace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries... | |
 | Morris Mattson - 1835 - 224 pages
...skin. Such a being it must have been that was pictured in the poet's fancy when he exclaimed — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...as free ! Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That take mine eyes, but not my heart." As she sat, thus lonely and silent,... | |
 | Garland - 1836 - 246 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. THOMAS CAMPION, Born about 1575,... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...dress'd As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed ; Lady, it is to be presnmea, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not...all is not sound. Give me- a look, give me a face Tliat mokes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh... | |
 | George Field - 1839 - 490 pages
...simplicity, in its chief respect, has been thus admirably apostrophized by an eminent dramatic poet : " Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity...hair as free; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art, Which strike my eye, but not my heart." BEN JONSON. 1744. In all cases,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...SILENT WOMAN. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, I will do what I list to-day ; And you shall do't...Kathcrine pear, The side that's next the sun. Her lips we all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. SPEECH OF MAIA. IN THE PENATES.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...drest. As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, e rolling tomb O'er the stones thunders, bounds from...throws O'er the mid pavement, hcapy rubbish crows ; all th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 pages
...have drawn it from the Lady Hungerford of his time, aided by the charm of his own imagination : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...free ;— Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eye but not my heart." In this apparently sweet neglect,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 322 pages
...have drawn it from the Lady Hungerford of his time, aided by the charm of his own imagination : — " Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...free ; — Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eye but not my heart." In this apparently sweet neglect,... | |
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