 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...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 891890Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...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 his bosom = is to die. As she was conclnding the last stanza,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...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 ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. ON THE TAKING OF QUEBEC.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...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 shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom.. ..is, to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER.... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - English ballads and songs - 1803 - 228 pages
...too late, that man betray ; What charms can soothe 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 ! CORN RIGGS ARE BONNY.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...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 shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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 his bosom— is— to die. DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER.... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...late that men betray, What charm can sooth her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? Th« only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. I confess, however, they have to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English fiction - 1807 - 326 pages
...too late, that me» 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 every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza,... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1807 - 320 pages
...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 shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring h"is bosom, is — to die. I confess, however, they have to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...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 his bosom— is to die. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, BOW-STREET, COVENT... | |
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