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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... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of ... - Page 127
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1837
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The Lady's Magazine: Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Volume 38

John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807 - 744 pages
...VViiac-art c.in wash hcr^uilt away ? ' The, only art her gui't to cover, To hide her shahie fr<nri 'every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die !' Ov: DRAMATIC So THOUGH a soliloquy in the perturbation oi passion is undoi:hu-cly natural, and...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...can wash her guilt away? • ' J ' • '.!• .• The only art her guilt to eov«fr, .•;,». "''rt 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, to whkli an interruption in her voice from sorrow gave...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...old father ». She complied in a manner 59 exquisitely pathetick as moved me : * VV HEW lovely-woman stoops to -folly, And finds too late that men betray,...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom = is to die. As she was conclnding the last stanza, to which aninterrnption in her voice from sorrow gave peculiar...
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The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...ne'er see your graces, " As I hope to be sav'd! without thinking on asses." EDINBURGH, 175*. 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. ON THE TAKING OF QUEBEC....
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The Myrtle and Vine: Or, Complete Vocal Library, Containing ..., Volume 2

Charles Henry Wilson - English ballads and songs - 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....
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...graces, " As I hope to be sav'd! without thinking on asses." Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON 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 ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...graces, " As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses." EDINBURGH, 1753. STANZAS 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 ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...your graces, 14 As I hope to be sav'd ; without thinking on asses f Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. lovely woman stoops to folly, * * And finds too late...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, * * Invites each passing...
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...character. Plainer words cannot be found than those which compose the following " Stanzas on 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 ? Th« only art her guilt to cover, To hide...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - English fiction - 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 !...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, from sorrow, gave...
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