 | English literature - 1811 - 596 pages
...simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free. Such sweet neglect more taketh me '; ^.Thaa all the adulteries of art, . They strike mine eye, but not my heart.' The application 'of the practice to the theory, of the quotations to the rules is not uniformly happy... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BEN JONSON. SONG. WHENCE comes my love? — Oh, heart, disclose! 'Twas from... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BEN JONSOK. SONG. WHENCE comes my love ? — Oh, heart, disclose ! 'Twas from... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BEN JONSON. SONG. WHENCE comes my love? — Oh, heart, disclose! Twas from... | |
 | Thomas Lyle - Ballads, English - 1827 - 272 pages
...give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. The two foregoing Pieces are by BEN JOHNSON, the friend and contemporary of... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 pages
...give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. The two foregoing Pieces are by BEN JOHNSON, the friend and contemporary of... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...dust'—Shakspeare. MCCCXXVI. That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free: Such sweet neglects more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. Give me a look, {rive me a face, . Ben JansonINDEX. ACTIVITY, 3,125,31B,... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...me a face, That makes simplicity a gjrace; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglects more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. Sen INDEX. ACTIVITY, 3, 125, 319, 338 Acton, 339, 365, 171, 587, 663, 752,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, bat not my heart. — Jouson. acts. CHARLES I. renews the patent, granted by his father, to Benjamin... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - American poetry - 1846 - 224 pages
...me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, 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 have set you down ; As potent in your little... | |
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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 simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flowing,... 
