 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pagina’s
...star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'din a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond the pomp...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods.... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pagina’s
...pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse, amid the close embowering woods. As in the hollow breast of Appenine, Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A myrtle rises, far from... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pagina’s
...thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pagina’s
...like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair-proportion:d on her pohsh'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire,...the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close-embowering woods.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 328 pagina’s
...appearance in such dress, is a complete incongruity. Sweetness of look and manner require simplicity of dress : For loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Congruity regulates both the quantity and the kind of ornament ; the decorations... | |
 | 1832 - 206 pagina’s
...Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground. THOUOHTLESS of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embowering woods. As in the hollow breast of Appenine, Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A Myrtle rises, far from... | |
 | John Close - 1833 - 182 pagina’s
...£.,i«n;i , Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a timple robe, their best aftire, Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness, Needs not...the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adora'd the most, Thtraghtless of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close imbow'ring... | |
 | M. Taylor - 1834 - 180 pagina’s
...A LOVELY GIRL STANDING BY A RURAL WELL. -" A native grace Sat, fair-proportion'd, on her polish 'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire,...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self. Recluse amid the close-embowering woods."... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pagina’s
...thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polish'd limbs, Veil'd in a simple robe, their...the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embowering woods.... | |
 | 1834 - 464 pagina’s
...Lavinia seizes the happy moment and triumphs. Thomson describes the " polished limbs" of Lavinia, " Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, Beyond...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament ; But is, when unadorned, adorned the most." Welsted's Love Tale contains a parallel thought. " She boasts more graces... | |
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Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire, * Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most. 
