A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick






119. DELIGHT IN DISORDER

     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
     Enthrals 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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