Give Me A Look, Give Me A Face, That Makes Simplicity A Grace

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Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free,--
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art:
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
-- Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
-- Epicaene; Or, the Silent Woman, Act i, Sc. 1

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