The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Sweet Neglect

Jonson, Ben. "The Sweet Neglect." New York Saturday Press. (1859-1-18).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker declares that he would rather see the woman without her hair and make-up done and to see who she really is underneath it all.