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" When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring... "
Nugæ metricæ [selections from the English poets, with Lat. tr.] by sir H.H ... - Page 10
1839
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can foothe her melancholv, What art can wafh her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her lhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, Aad wring his bofom— is, to die. 'g THE LOGICIANS...
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 pages
...[GOLDsMITH.] WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guilt away...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye. To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. 1 ELL my Stephen that I die ; Let...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...WAKEFIEtD. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ?...only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S...
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guirt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye. To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. IE Li my Stephen that I die ; Let...
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The Empire of the Nairs; Or, The Rights of Women: An Utopian Romance, in ...

James Lawrence - 1811 - 274 pages
...company. " When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guilt away...to cover, » To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom,...is to die." " What," cried Priscilla, " would...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...will 1 please your old father.' She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved me. WHEN WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...the rogues they lied The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that dy'd. STANZAS WOMAN. \VHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that...only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A...
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The Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith ... with Some Account of ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ?...only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 70

1816 - 612 pages
...lete that men betray ; What charm can soothe her nwlancbo'ly f VI hat art can wash her guilt away f The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, < And wring his bosom — is— to die." His song from the Oratorio of...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her stains away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. II iil nipp'd ; arid,...
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