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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... "
Dictionary of Quotations: (English) - Page 334
by Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 510 pages
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...the rogues they ly'd ; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that dy'd. STANZAS ON WOMAN. HEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is to die. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, BOW-STREET, COVENT GARDES. ^AY, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,...
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The Soldier's Orphan, Volume 2

Mrs. Costello - 1809 - 236 pages
...REES, AND OBMB, •PATERNOITER-ROW. •• •'" i-.V .'.'. THE SOLDIER'S ORPHAN: A TALE. CHAP. I. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, \Vhat art can wash her guilt away ? The only art, her guilt to cover, To hide...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 262 pages
...child, 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...
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 pages
...[GOLDsMITH.] 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...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. 1 ELL my Stephen that I die ; Let echoes to each other tell, Till the mournful accents fly To Strephon's...
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin - 1810 - 414 pages
...And finds too late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guirt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. IE Li my Stephen that I die ; Let echoes to each other tell, Till the mournful accents fly To Strephon's...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...WAKEFIEtD. 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 ?...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 OF AN AUTHOR'S...
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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin - 1810 - 386 pages
...Lueinda, please no more, The Muses droop, the Goths prevail, Adieu the sweets of Arno's vale. [GOLDSMITH.] 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...
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Vocal Poetry: Or, A Select Collection of English Songs. To which is Prefixed ...

John Aikin - 1810 - 330 pages
...smiles increase the wretch's woe ; And he who wants each other blessing In thce mus.t ever find a foe. 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...
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The Empire of the Nairs; Or, The Rights of Women: An Utopian Romance, in ...

James Lawrence - 1811 - 274 pages
...that a stranger to his sentiments would not have perceived that he was only quizzing the company. " 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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...will 1 please your old father.' She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic as moved me. WHEN WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza, to which aninterruptionin her voice from sorrow gave peculiar...
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