Poem of the day on 9/14/08

Still to be Neat

By Ben Jonson

Still 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 presum'd,
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 make simplicity a grace
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free:
Such sweet neglect Read More ...eth me
Than all th'adulteries of art.
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