Thursday, June 22, 2023

Ben Johnson

Jonson

“Still to be neat, still to be dressed”

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 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.

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