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AGAINST DRESS, TO A LADY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Why will neaera fondly deck
Last Line: Untaught and artless charm the vale.
Subject(s): Beauty; Clothing & Dress; Nature; Vanity


I.
WHY will Neæra fondly deck
With pearly Rows her polish'd Neck;
Why with the feathery Tippet hide,
Her swelling Bosom's spotless Pride?
With genuine Beauties, all your own,
You need not borrow Venus' Zone.

II.
Whence all this fashionable Care,
To curl that lovely Length of Hair.
Which Nature meant shou'd flow profuse,
In Ringlets beautifully loose:
The studied Fopperies of Art
No real Elegance impart.

III.
Mark, fair One, in its native Bed,
How blooms the Cowslip's velvet Head;
What luscious Clusters load the Vines,
Whose Growth no skilful Hand confines;
How sweet the Lark and Nightingale
Untaught and artless charm the Vale.





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