 SONG. IN THE SILENT WOMAN. 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, All is not sweet, all is not sound.  Specimens of the British Poets: Drayton, 1631, to Phillips, 1664 - 155 ページ 編集 - 1819全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 ページ
...me ; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. The Sacet Neglect. [From ' an agate-stone powdcr'd, still perfum'd : Though art's hid causes are not found, l.aily, it is to be presum'd, All... | |
 | 1844 - 148 ページ
...slay me: ; Nor spread them, as distract with fears; Mine own enough betray me 1 TUB SWEET NEOLECT. Still to be neat, still to be drest,' As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdered, still perfum'd ; Lady it is to be presum'd— Though art's hid causes are not foundAll is... | |
 | 1845 - 614 ページ
...Fortune, running slreams, and I* EARL or Pu» STILL TO BE NEAT, STILL TO BE К STILL to be neat, still be drest 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... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - 1846 - 226 ページ
...friends shall meet, In home Ihe centre of each meek desire, In full content shall be thy soul replete. 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 presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - 1846 - 224 ページ
...friends shall meet, In home the centre of each meek desire, In full content shall be thy soul replete. 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 presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 ページ
...them on the body's life depend; The soul, though made in time, survives for aye; THE SWEET NEGLECT. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, 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... | |
 | Cigars - 1849 - 134 ページ
...heightened by simplicity in dress. On this head, we quote Ben Jonson :— " Still to be neat, stUl to be drest, 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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 ページ
...breathe, how short soever; Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright! THE SWEET NEGBECT. 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 ページ
...earth, For Love is elder than his birth. SONG, FROM " THE SILENT WOMAN." (A lesson, dear ladies.') Still to be neat, still to be drest 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, I A LITERARY... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 ページ
...else May say, their lords have built, but thy Ion dwells. The sweet Neglect. From the silent \Yonian. Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be pou : dred, still perfum'd: Ladj', it is to be presum'd, Though arts hid causes are not found, All... | |
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