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 Star - Page 10Full view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...civil : 111 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, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her... | |
| 1822 - 418 pages
...o'er, My last fond thought will be of thee. My native shore — my native shore ! WHEN LOVELY 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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 544 pages
...the influence both of hunger and fatigue, Henry Warden retained his standing posture. CHAPTER XIV. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray — JULIAN AVENEL saw with surprise the demeanour of the reverend stranger. " Beshrew me," he said,... | |
| William Frederick Deacon - 1823 - 494 pages
...goes to sleep in the arm-chair while the young ones are romping about • * * * *, ROSALIE: STalr. " When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ?" GOLDSMITH. IN the heart of South Wales, and in the neighbourhood of theyillageof Llangadock, there... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 156 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...her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? 1 9 The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover.... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...child, it will please your old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic, as moved me. opposed by still greater. 268 289 for Mr Burchell's absence, by the company of our lan sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 222 pages
...ehild, it will please your old father. ' She eomplied in a manner so exquisitely pathetie* as moved me. When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What eharm ean sooth her melaneholy ? What art ean wash her guilt away-? The only art her guilt to eover,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...too late, that men betray. What chami can sooth her 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, ii — to die. As she was concluding... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...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 shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. As she was concluding... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...thee, mutely eloquent, And hail thee brightest of the NINE ! ROSALIE. From " tee Innkeeper's Album." " When lovely Woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away ?" GOLDSMITH. IN the heart of South Wales, and in the neighbourhood of the village of Llangadock, there... | |
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