 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
 | Cigars - 1849 - 134 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causee are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Gire Or ere the all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Hymn to Diana. [From ' Cynthia'»... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be prcsum'd, Though art's hid causes arc glory of this world, I hate ye< I feel my heart new open'd. O, all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eye*, but not my heart. Hymn to Kama. [From ' Cynthia's... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 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 the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. [The Silent Woman.] Knouxtt.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powder'd, still perfnm'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 the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. [Tic: Silent Woman.] 318 BEN... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...j'ou were going to a feast ; Still to be powderM, still perfumed, Lady, it is to be presumed, Tho' art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet,...hair as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. ON CELIA SINGING. THOMAS C *P.EW,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...earth, For Love is elder than his birth. SONG, FROM " THE SILENT WOMAN." (A lesson, dear ladies,') Still to be neat, still to be drest As you were going...be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; liobcs loosely flowing, hair as free:... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...birth. SONG, FROM " THE SILENT WOMAN." (A lesson, dear ladies.) Still to be neat, still to be drcst As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered,...as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. FROM A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS. See... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...drest, AS you were going to a feast ; Still to be puwder'd, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, ious herd, to m all th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart, HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 pages
...earth, For Love is elder than his birth. SONG, FROM " THE SILENT WOMAN." (A lesson, •dear ladies.*) 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 ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. FROM A CELEBRATION OF CHARTS.... | |
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