 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
 | Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...in his eye when he composed that song : " Then in a voice like thunder, she chanted forth — -. " Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity...hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me," &c.*&c. Miss Grizzy was in the utmost perplexity, between her inclination to urge something in extenuation... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast ; Stitl to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, all th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day,... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...BE DMSTSTILL to be neat, still be dre?t As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, sti'l E. LET those complain that feel Love's cruelty, And...corrected me ; My war is without rage or blows; My mistres srrace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as frcei Such, sweet neclect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - 1846 - 226 pages
...to be neat, still to be diest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd ; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes...hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. A simple country editor, the fates... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...aye ; And though it hath beginning, sees no end. —Sis JOHN DAVIES (1570—1626). THE SWEET NEGLECT. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going...hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art t They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. -BEN JONSON (1574—1637). GOOD... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...dreet, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Tis somewhat all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Hymn to Diana, [From ' Cynthia's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...As той were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : lady, it is to be presum'd, at I was going ; And euch an instrument I was to use....eyes are made the fools o' th' other senses, Or else make* simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1847 - 168 pages
...in his eye when he composed that song ;" Then in a voice like thunder, she chanted forth — • |; Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity...loosely flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more takcth me." Miss Grizzy was in the utmost perplexity, between her inclination to urge something in... | |
 | Marmion Wilme Savage - 1848 - 238 pages
...bachelor pleased Mrs. Spread greatly, by recalling to her memory the exquisite lines of Ben Jonson— " 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; They strike my eyes, but not my heart." The miser asked Barker to take wine—sherry.... | |
 | 1849 - 508 pages
...clear complexion, are heightened by simplicity in dress. On this head, we quote Ben Jonson : — " Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going...hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me. Than all th' adulteries of art, — They strike mine eyes, but not my heart." But we grow rational, moral,... | |
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