 | 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...neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eye but not my heart." In this apparently sweet neglect, but real propriety of dress,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 298 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 a grace ; Robes losely flowing, hair as free ;— Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 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, th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are nnt r All is not sweet, all is not sound d' ers use, And in your death go out as well As when you li grac . Robes loosely flowing, hair r Such sweet neglect more t»V it66 : Than all th' adulteries of... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 318 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast : Still to be pou'dred, still perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a looke, give me a face, That makes simplicitie a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, haire as free : Such... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, »till perfum'd : Lady, it is to be presum'd, | z A<s Z z S }? $ð< M[ F@ ٳS Gire me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Kobcs loosely flowing, hair as free... | |
 | English periodicals - 1844 - 710 pages
...Ben,"— " Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ! Hair loosely flowing, robes as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art Which strike mine eyes but not There is a charm in such " sweet neglect" which no elegant dressing,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 148 pages
...me a look, give me a face, Th.it makes simplicity a grace;.. Hobes loosely flowing, hair as free I Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art i That strike mine eyes but not my heart. For love's sake, kiss me once again I I long, and should... | |
 | English literature - 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... | |
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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... 
