 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...  The Sibyl: Or, New Oracles from the Poets - Page 59edited by - 1848 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...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 ewcct neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eves, but not my heart.... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 282 pages
...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 neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.* BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...Though art's hid 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 free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but npt my heart. FROM A CELEBRATION... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 pages
...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 neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BEN JOKSOIJ. A... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...the air : Sacred and sweet, was all I saw in her. Ueailtj), — Ben Jonson. Q.IVE 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. JS£autg, —... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust ? — Shakspeare. MCCCXXVI. 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 ; They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. lir.it Jcusoa,... | |
 | 1856 - 372 pages
...And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust ? — Shakspeare. MCCCXXVL 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 ; They strike mine eyes, but not mine heart. Jtr.'i Jr. 1... | |
 | 1856 - 964 pages
...place of that which is faint and sickly on the lips — Give me a look, give me a face, That makea simplicity a grace: Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketli me. Than all the adulteries of art, That strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Tu Mary. 231 Сигетегу... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...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 neglect more taketh me Than all th' adulteries of art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. ON CELIA SINGING.... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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 neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. BONG OP NIGHT,... | |
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