 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
 | 1860 - 582 ページ
...says Dr. Bliss, “ I cannot refrain from foi them on the reader once more : “ a Still to be neate, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdred, still perfumed, Ladye, ‘tis to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is... | |
 | John Davenport - 1861 - 552 ページ
...it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing! BEN JONSON. ATTBACTION. Still to be neat, still to be drest As you were going...to a feast, Still to be powder'd, still perfumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, Lady, it is to be presumed, All is not sweet, all not sound.... | |
 | Elizabethan age - 1862 - 150 ページ
...tasted the bag of the bee 1 () so white ! O so soft! O so sweet is she ! BEN JONSON. STILL TO BE NEAT. 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 is... | |
 | Elizabethan age - 1862 - 83 ページ
...? Or have tasted the bag of the bee 1 O so white ! O so soft! O so sweet is she ! STILL TO HE NEAT. 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, BEN JONSON. Though art's hid causes are not... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1863 - 568 ページ
...of their grandmothers, (and themselves,) take to heart the admirable counsel of rare Ben Jonson : " Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed : La,ly, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 ページ
...with bays, And love thee more and more. MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. 1612—1650. THE SWEET NEGLECT. jTILL to be neat, still to be drest As you were going to...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 ;—... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 ページ
...thee. His song, entitled The Grace of Simplicity, is one of the most characteristic of its author :— 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... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1866 - 386 ページ
...beginning, "Semper munditias, semper Basiltssa, '•as," &c. See Whalley's Ben Jonson, vol. ii. p. 420. STILL to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast : Still to be poud'red, still perfum'd: Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 ページ
...be; but she is in her grave, and O the difference to me! W. WORDSWORTH J2O THE SWEET NEGLECT S' JTILL to be neat, still to be drest, as you were going to a feast: still to be poud'red, still perfum'd: Lady, it is to be presum'd, though art's hid causes are not found, all is... | |
 | British dramatists - 1868 - 138 ページ
...birth. Rich are the diligent who can command Time — nature's stock. Davcnant. THE GRACE OF SIMPLICITY. Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going...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... | |
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