John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2268 Robert Herrik 1591-1674 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2268 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Herrick (1591–1674) |
| QUOTATION: | A winning wave, deserving note, In the tempestuous petticoat; A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility,— Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Delight in Disorder. |