6 lines, not by me......

[hartmantrane]

Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.

Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see
That brave vibration each way free;
O how that glittering taketh me!


Robert Herrick (1591-1674)


........ok, it's not mine.........it sure is perty, though.

 

[perks]

it surely is...

 

[eagleyez]

Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.

Next, when I cast mine eyes, and see
That brave vibration each way free;
O how that glittering taketh me!


Robert Herrick (1591-1674)


........ok, it's not mine.........it sure is perty, though.

yep

 

[Angeline]

lovely indeed! Robert Herrick was a very observant guy. Here's another piece of his I think is sweet.

Delight In Disorder

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
Enthrals 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.

-- Robert Herrick

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and then it reminded me of this sonnet I wrote a while back....


Iambic Dishabille

‘Tis oft said dress is a woman’s measure,
And the reason why fashion’s slaves are born.
Yet woman unclothed is man’s great pleasure--
His passion stirred by her garments half worn

Here missing button is a call for kiss,
There undone garter no cause for alarm,
The long hair tumbled free is lover’s bliss,
This sweet disheveled state is rumpled charm.

Woman appeals in ribbons part undone,
In straps that fall and shoes that slip from feet.
In dishabille man’s naked heart is won.
She feeds desire in dress incomplete.

Though proper clothing can be modern chic,
Improper disarray makes male knees weak.



Welcome to the poetry board. Nice thread.