Living
Clothes do but cheat and cousen us.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
AWay with silks, away with Lawn,
Ile have no Sceans, or Curtains drawn:
Give me my Mistresse, as she is,
Drest in her nak't simplicities:
For as my Heart, ene so mine Eye
Is wone with flesh, not Drapery.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Clothes do but cheat and cousen us.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/404/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Clothes do but cheat and cousen us.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/404/.
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