 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...  Poetical Works - Page 62by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pages
...graces, ' ' As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses." EDINBURGH, 1753. STANZAS 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 ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. \ \ ; n A lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men hetray, What charm can soothe her melancholy. What art can...every eye, To give repentance to her lover. And wring bis bosom —is, to die. E -, DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER. the Red Lion, staring o'er the... | |
 | George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1817 - 192 pages
...than he had entered it, but crouching and trembling like a lashed hound. CHAPTER XXVII. When lOTely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men...soothe her melancholy? What art can wash her guilt away ? GOLniMITH. Ssx months had now glided away since the commencement of Crawford's imposture on a credulous... | |
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...: I'll give thee — ah ! too charming maid, I'll give thee— to the devil. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, \V hat charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...charming maid, I'll give thee—to the devil. 1 STANZAS ON WOMAN. FROM THE VICAR OF WAKEFIKLB. 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? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 pages
...graces, 4s I hope to be sav'd, without thinking on asses,' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEK lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm cau soothe her melancholias What art cau wash her guilt away '! The only art her guilt to cover, •... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...«'..| / Companion ; NO. IX. • -i: I'!>«•• LETTERS OF A MIDSHIPMAN. • • ../x«:- cij'f When lovely woman stoops to folly, ^ >, And finds too late...soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ?— GOLDSMITH. f.Wli«-l- _ -I ' •••*• ., ( , t . SlR, * ' ' -! » ' .', | ,1 , I sit down... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pages
...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 that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her... | |
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...melancholy, What art can wash her guilt 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. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. A POEM, FIRST PRINTED IV M,DCC,LXV. I TO THE REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pages
...ON WOMANWHEN 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?...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. EDWIN AND ANGELINA. A BALLAD. S, gentle Hermit of the dale, " And guide my lonely way, " To where yon... | |
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