| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 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 ?...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. LINES, INSERTED IN THE MORNING CHRONICLE... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...WAEEFIELD.) 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 ! LUTES ATTRIBUTED TO DR. GOLDSMITH,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 290 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 ?...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom—is, to die. LINES, INSERTED IN THE MORNING CHRONICLE... | |
| 1822 - 418 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.. SONG OF A SPIRIT. MRS... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...moved me. 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. As she was concluding... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...me. When lovely woman .stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that men betray. What chami 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, ii — to die. As she was concluding... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 156 pages
...too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? 1 9 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. As she was concluding the last stanza,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 17X: ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And find« too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye To give repentance to her lover. And wring hie bosom— i», to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER.... | |
| Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 pages
...a greatly admired poet too true a picture of her fate : « When lovely woman stoops to folly, Anil finds, too late, that men betray ; What charm can...art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every rye, 27 4 i To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is, to die." But Mariette did not... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...show'd the rogues they lied ; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died. STANZAS WOMAN. 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. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY:... | |
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