 | English poetry - 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 HAGS. 1. I HAVE been, all day, looking after A raven, feeding upon a quarter ; And, soon as she i.:m'd... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...neat, still to be drcst 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...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 the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 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...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. See... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...were going to a feast; Still to be pou'dred, still perfum'd: Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though arts 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... | |
 | Arts - 1853 - 394 pages
...put it down.] THE POETEY OF SIMPLICITY. GIVE me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity ag^occ ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; Which strike mine eyes but NOT MINE HEART. BEN .losso.N. 224 KIDD'S OWN JOURNAL.... | |
 | James W. Gousseff - Pantomimes - 1981 - 236 pages
...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...as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. From her dressing table, YOU dashes... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...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 art's hid causes 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... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...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 art's hid causes are...as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Though I am young and cannot tell Either... | |
 | Alberta Turner - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1992 - 228 pages
...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 art's hid causes are...adulteries of art. They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BENjONSON Counting the Mad This one was put in a jacket, This one was sent home, This one was given... | |
 | 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... 
