Robert Herrick
(1591-1674)
A sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction––
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthralls the crimson stomacher––
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbons to flow confusedly––
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat––
A careless shoe-string, in whose tie
I see a wild civility––
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.
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