 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 Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 48by Oliver Goldsmith - 1783 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 316 pages
...DORSET. "1X7 HEN lovely woman ftoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can footh her melancholy ? What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her lhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom, is — to die. GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1774 - 328 pages
...woman ftoops to folly, And finds too late that. men betray, What charm can fboth her m ^lancholy ? What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hidp her fhnme from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom, "<s—to die.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that dy'd. N ON o MA N. W HEN lovely woman ftoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can...away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fliame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, Andi wring his bofom— is, to die. THE TRAVELLER;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 106 pages
...folly, And-inds too latí that men betray4 What charm tan iooth hfr melancholy,, What art can walh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her flume from ever)' eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom— is to die. As ihe was... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1781 - 384 pages
...folly,' And finds, too I >:r, that men betray) What charms can foothe her melancholy ? What art can waih her guilt away? The only art, her guilt to cover, To hide her flame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring hit bofom— is to die! SONG 95. X... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 366 pages
...GOLDSMITH. WHEN lovely woman floops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can footh her melancholy ? What art can wafh her guilt away...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. LOVE-SONGS. CLASS V.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...d of the bite, The dog it was that dy'd. STANN ON WOMA ' N. • W HEN lovely woman ftoops to folly. And finds too late that men betray, What charm can foothe her melancholy, What art can warn her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 252 pages
...father.' She complied in a manner fo exquifitely pathetic, as moved me. WHEN lovely woman ftoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can...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 - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...charming maid; I'll give thee — to the devil. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman ftoops to folly, . . And finds too late that men betray} What charm can...melancholy, • . What art can wafh her guilt away ? ' f The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her Ihame from every eye, To give repentance t* her... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...like Cupid, blind, To fave him from Narciflus' fate. ON WOMAN. Vv HEN lovely woman floops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can foothe her melancholy,. What art can wafli her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fliame from every eye, To give... | |
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