Artistic Disarray
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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 Ribbands 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.