 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...  The Poetical Works, and Essays, of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 81by Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - 424 pages
...to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can foothe her melancholy, What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom is to die. As fhe was concluding... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...WOMAN. VV HEN 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 ?...every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom.. ..is, to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER. WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way,... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - 228 pages
...Dr. Goldsmith. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that man betray ; What charms can soothe her melancholy ? What art can wash her...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 ! CORN RIGGS ARE BONNY.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...WOMAN. \VHEN 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. lovely woman stoops to folly, * * And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy. What art can...every eye. To give repentance to her lover. And wring his bosom— is— to die. DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER. he Red Lion staring o'er the way,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 pages
...late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? Th« 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. I confess, however, they have to me a charm beyond that of almost any piece... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 320 pages
...Wo»man." 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 ?...every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring h"is bosom, is — to die. I confess, however, they have to me acharm beyond that of almost any piece... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 326 pages
...me. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that me» betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away !...every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...Wfcen lovely woman stoops t And finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy f What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To bide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...that dy'd. STANZAS ON WOMAN. HEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can...every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is to die. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, BOW-STREET, COVENT GARDES. ^AY, cruel Iris, pretty rake,... | |
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