Delight in Disorder by Robert Herrick

Published: May 15, 2008, 10:02 a.m.

b'Herrick read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------\\n \\n Delight in Disorder\\n by Robert Herrick (1591 \\u2013 1674) \\n \\n A sweet disorder in the dress \\n Kindles in clothes a wantonness:\\u2013 \\n A lawn about the shoulders thrown \\n Into a fine distracti\\xf3n,\\u2013 \\n An erring lace, which here and there \\n Enthrals the crimson stomacher,\\u2013 \\n A cuff neglectful, and thereby \\n Ribbands to flow confusedly,\\u2013 \\n A winning wave, deserving note, \\n In the tempestuous petticoat,\\u2013 \\n A careless shoe-string, in whose tie \\n I see a wild civility,\\u2013 \\n Do more bewitch me, than when art \\n Is too precise in every part.'