 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Condemned whole years in absence to deplore The image charms he shall behold no more. — Pope. SIMPLICITY. GIVE me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity...neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; That strike mine eyes but not my heart. Ben Jonson. I would walk A weary journey, to the farthest verge... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be.powdcr'd, 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 rue a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...WOMAN." STILL to be neat, still to be drest, . Ae you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, AH is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace :... | |
 | Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...SILETT WOKAJI." SwbL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though...look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace : Eobes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...ladies.) 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...causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not lound. Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...to be neat, still to be drest, 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...adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. ADVICE TO A RECKLESS YOUTH. Knowell. What would I have you do 1 I'll tell you, kinsman... | |
 | Marie Corelli - Philosophy - 1972 - 370 pages
...hold good : Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powder'd, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes nro not found All is not sweet, all is not sound. " All is not sweet, all is not sound," when women... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...Epicoene: Still to be neat, still to be dressed, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though...are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. The suspicious male attitude towards the artifice of women; the rhythmic mastery of the octosyllabic... | |
 | Alberta Turner - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 228 pages
...Be Neat Still to be neat, still to be dressed, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfumed; Lady, it is to be presumed, Though...as free; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art. They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BENjONSON Counting the Mad This one... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...were bound! (1. 1—12) InvP; MAT; OAEL-1; PoEL-2; SeCP; SeCV-1; TEP Eplcoene; or, The Silent Woman 5 a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue. (1. 25—30) 40 The Gypsies Metamorphosed 10 The faery beam upon you, The stars to glisten on you, A moon of light... | |
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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... 
