Kindles in clothes a wantonness,
a lawn about the shoulder thrown
Into a fine distraction;
An erring lace, which here and there
Enthralls the crimson stomacher;
Ribbons to flow confusedly;
A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat;
A careless shoestring, in whose tie
I see a wild civility;
Do more bewitch me than when art
Is too precise in every part.
[The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 5th Edition]
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