...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...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice, from sorrow, gave peculiar...

...betray, AVhat charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her gnilt away? The only art her gnilt to cover , To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his hosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice from...

...exquisitely pathetic as moved me. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betruy, What charm can soothe her melancholy < What art can...away ! The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her slmme from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. As she was...

...breathed her last. " When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that tncn betray, Wiint ctiurm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To bring repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die." A man influenced by true religion...

...thee ; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...lover, And wring his bosom is — to die. GOLDSMITH. LOVE. LOVE is a plant of holier birth Than any that takes its root on earth ; A flower from heaven,...

..."When Lovely Woman Stoops to Folly" Olivia comes close to announcing the scheme she will soon employ: The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. (chap. 24; 4: 136) There are lessons to be learned, conclusions to be drawn from all of these insertions,...

...without breaking eggheads' (Ken Tynan, in Brett, ed., The Faber Book of Parodies, pp. 179-80). Exx: 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? O. Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, ch. 29...

...ch. 17) BeLS; BLPA; FaBoBe; FaBoCh; FaBoCo; FaFP; FPL; GN; NA; NBLV; NOBE; NOEC; NOIV; OBNV; TEP 9 hou lovest well remains, (1. 131) 19 What thou lov'st (Fr. Ch. 24) AWP; BoLoP; ELP; FPL; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HelP; LiTB; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OBEV; Prim; SeCePo;...

...simply that death and guilt may be real experiences, but that death may purge guilt and redeem love. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom - is to die. This 'little melancholy air' is sung at her mother's request by the 'ruined' daughter as she sits on...

...and certainly with the vivacity of She Stoops to Conquer (1773). WHEN LOVELY WOMAN STOOPS TO FOLLY When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds too late...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. From THE DESERTED VILLAGE Sweet Aubum, loveliest village of the plain. Where health and plenty cheered...