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" 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. "

Robert Herrick , The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2


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Robert Herrick quote : A SWEET disorder in the dress<br />Kindles in clothes a wantonness :<br />A lawn about the shoulders thrown<br />Into a fine distraction :<br />An erring lace which here and there<br />Enthrals the crimson stomacher :<br />A cuff neglectful, and thereby<br />Ribbons to flow confusedly :<br />A winning wave (deserving note)<br />In the tempestuous petticoat :<br />A careless shoe-string, in whose tie<br />I see a wild civility :<br />Do more bewitch me than when art<br />Is too precise in every part.