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Classic poem

Song from The Silent Woman

by Ben Jonson

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.

lovebeautysolitude
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About this poem

First line
Still to be neat, still to be dressed,
Poet
Ben Jonson
Themes
love, beauty, solitude

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