 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, hair as free : Such sweet...  Almack's: A Novel ... - Page 170by Charles White - 1827Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect...th' adulteries of art That strike mine eye, but not mine heart. HUE AND CRY AFTER CUPID. I BEAUTIES, have 'ye seen a toy, Called Love ! a little boy Almost... | |
 | Lyre - 1806 - 208 pages
...is not sweet, all is not sound! Give me a look, 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; That strike mine eyes, but not my heart. THOMJS CAREW. 1620. Sufficient honour... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 506 pages
...is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robe loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Ben Johnwn. VERSES TO A ROBIN REDBREAST, Who visited the... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...not swreti all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Rnbes loosely flowing, hair as free; Such sweet neglect...th' adulteries of art That strike mine eye, but not mine heart. Vol. I. E HUE AND CRY AFTER CUPID. BEAUTIES, have ye seen a toy, Called Love; a little... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 330 pages
...is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. * B. JONSON. * This is one of a very few productions of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace j Robes loosely flowing, hair as free: Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art ; t They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. IN THE DEVIL It AN ASS. XL. Do but look on her eyes !... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pages
...not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. [ From " Masques at Court."] BEAUTIES, have ye seen this... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1811 - 402 pages
...loosely flowing, hair as free " he paused—but Belinda recollected the remainder of the stanza— " Such sweet neglect more taketh me «' Than all th' adulteries of art, " That strike mine eyes, but not mine heart." It was observed, that miss Portman dressed herself this day with the most... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Hobes loosely flowing, haïras free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all th' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, butnot my heart." Tru. And I am clearly o' the other side т I love a good... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 470 pages
...not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing, hair as free ; Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all tli ' adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. [From " Masques at Court."] BEAUTIES,... | |
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