"Still to be powder'd, still perfum'd, Lady, it is to be presum'd, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. 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."
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Epicene, or The Silent Woman (1609), Act I, scene i
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Ben Jonson
1572 – 1637
englischer Bühnenautor und Dichter
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