 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...  Waverley Novels: The monastery - Page 247by Walter Scott - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...too charming maid, I'll give thee—to the devil. 1 STANZAS ON WOMAN. FROM THE VICAR OF WAKEFIKLB. 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...graces, 4s I hope to be sav'd, without thinking on asses,' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEK lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm cau soothe her melancholias What art cau wash her guilt away '! The only art her guilt to... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Scotland - 1820 - 354 pages
...notwithstanding the influence both of hunger and fatigue, Henry Warden retained his standing posture. CHAPTER XI. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...me," he said, " these new-fashioned religioners have fast- days, I warrant me — the old ones used to confer these blessings chiefly on the laity." - •'•«... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 406 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,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...well! «'..| / Companion ; NO. IX. • -i: I'!>«•• LETTERS OF A MIDSHIPMAN. • • ../x«:- cij'f 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 ?— GOLDSMITH. f.Wli«-l-... | |
 | Walter Scott - Monastic and religious life - 1820 - 286 pages
...the influence both of hunger and fatigue, Henry Warden retained his standing posture. CHAPTER VII. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betrayJULIAN AVENEL saw with surprise the demeanour of the reverend stranger. " Beshrew me," he said,... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...universal ruin shall erect thy throne, And Fate confirm thy kingdom evermore thy own. 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,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...Corrcggios, He shifted his trumpet *, and only took snuff. STANZAS ON WOMAN. FROM THE VICAR OF WAKEFIEI.D. 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 Q * Sir Joshua Reynolds was... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...universal ruin shall erect thy throne, And Fate confirm thy kingdom evermore thy own. STANZAS ON WOMANWHEN 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,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...than civil: I'll 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,... | |
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