Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

A SWEET disorder in the dress

Kindles in clothes a wantonness:—

A lawn about the shoulders thrown

Into a fine distraction,—

An erring lace, which here and there

Inthralls the crimson stomacher,—

A cuff neglectful, and thereby

Ribbons to flow confusedly,—

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.