Robert Herrick

Herrick was superficially a good deal like his near-contemporary George Herbert: a poet and clergyman educated at Cambridge. But, markedly unlike the pious and saintly Herbert, Herrick was much better at

Delight in Disorder

by Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

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A  sweet disorder in the dress
Kindles in clothes a wantonness. 
A lawn about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distractión;
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthralls the crimson stomacher;
A cuff neglectful, and thereby
Ribbons to flow confusèdly;
A winning wave, deserving note,

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