Living

Delight in Disorder.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

A Sweet disorder in the dresse
Kindles in cloathes a wantonnesse:
A Lawne about the shoulders thrown
Into a fine distraction:
An erring Lace, which here and there
Enthralls the Crimson Stomacher:
A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby
Ribbands to flow confusedly:
A winning wave (deserving Note)
In the tempestuous petticote:
A carelesse shooe-string, in whose tye
I see a wilde civility:
Doe more bewitch me, then when Art
Is too precise in every part.

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Delight in Disorder.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/81/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Delight in Disorder.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/81/.

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