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 334by Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charms married already." — " You lie, like a rascal," returned...woman." " Indeed, begging your honour's pardon," repl THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. TO THE REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH. DEAR SIR, I AM sensible that... | |
| 1837 - 348 pages
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he saj s, The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom is — to die ! But these are trite lines, that would furnish but a sorry hint for the Anglo-French drama of our... | |
| 1837 - 336 pages
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he sa} s, The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame...repentance to her lover. And wring his bosom is — to die ! But these are trite lines, that would furnish but a sorry hint for the Anglo-French drama of our... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...your graces, As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN.1 WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. A DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER.' WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way, Invites each passing... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...Our modern bards ! why, what a pox Are they — but senseless stones and blocks. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG. GOOD people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you... | |
| 1839 - 66 pages
...placet, miserandaque semper, Donee erit terris pulsus et exul Amor. HH Stanzas on Woman. — GOLDSMITH. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To bring repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is — to die. From the Vicar of Wakefield. Si... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...showed the rogues they tied ; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died. 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...Our modern bards ! why, what a pox Are they — but senseless stones and blocks ? STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, Ajid wring his bosom, is — to die. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG. GOOD people all, of every sort,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And rinds too late that men betray, What charms can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt...eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosora-^-is to die. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. The, and the following poem, appeated... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 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...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 peculiar... | |
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