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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

Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 150 pages
...shew'd the rogues they lied ; The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. STANZAS ON 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. PROLOGUE TO ZOBEIDE, A TRAGEDY. IN...
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A Garland of Love, Wreathed of Pleasant Flowers, Gathered in the Field of ...

Garland - 1836 - 246 pages
...extasy ! She gives to honour, love, and me. OLIVER GOLDSMITH, Born 1 728, died 1774. . STANZAS ON 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. n:; JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Born 1729, died...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with an account of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...show'd the rogues they lied; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died. STANZAS OB 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 PROdPECT OF SOCIETY...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...diff'rent good, by Art or Nature giv'n To diff'rent nations, makes their blessings ev'n. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late...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. O MEMORY ! thou fond...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...diff'rent good, by Art or Nature giv'n To difTrent nations, makes their blessings ev'n. 8TANZA8 ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late...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. SONO. O MEMORY ! tin...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charms married already." — " You lie, like a rascal," returned...seemed roused by this insult; " I never was legally mar give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY....
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Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic: Containing Original Papers ..., Volume 10

1837 - 348 pages
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he saj s, 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 ! But these are trite lines, that would...
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Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic, Volume 10

1837 - 336 pages
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he sa} s, 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 ! But these are trite lines, that would...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...your graces, As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN.1 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. A DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER.'...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...Our modern bards ! why, what a pox Are they — but senseless stones and blocks. STANZAS ON 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. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG....
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