| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Ben Jonson. 1573–1637 |
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| 186. Simplex Munditiis |
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| STILL to be neat, still to be drest, | |
| As you were going to a feast; | |
| Still to be powder'd, still perfumed: | |
| Lady, it is to be presumed, | |
| Though art's hid causes are not found, | 5 |
| All is not sweet, all is not sound. | |
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| 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 | 10 |
| Than all th' adulteries of art; | |
| They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. | |
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