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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 Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic aa moved me. 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: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved me. 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. wretched for life, and polluted a...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 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, Ajid wring his bosom, is — to die. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG....
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The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With the Portrait of the Author

Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...child: it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved me. When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too...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 Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith, John Aikin - 1842 - 322 pages
...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...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice, from sorrow, gave peculiar...
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The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith - 1843 - 336 pages
...exquisitely pathetic as moved me. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betruy, What charm can soothe her melancholy < What art can...away ! The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her slmme from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. As she was...
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The Book of Christmas: Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions ...

Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved us. 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: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved me. 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 (he was concluding the last stanza,...
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A Love Gift for ...

1841 - 178 pages
...thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! 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. GOLDSMITH. LOVE. LOVE is a plant of...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 220 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved us. 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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