Grace in Simplicity



Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free:
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art;
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

-Ben Johnson (1572-1637),
Still to Be Neat,
from The Silent Woman







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