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" 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 Plays of Oliver Goldsmith: Together with The Vicar of Wakefield - Page 346
by Oliver Goldsmith, George Ostler - 1909 - 520 pages
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...before : « Do, my pretty Olivia », cried she, « let us have that little melancoly air your Papa was so fond of; your sister Sophy has already obliged...please your old father ». She complied in a manner 59 exquisitely pathetick as moved me : * VV HEW lovely-woman stoops to -folly, And finds too late that...
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...character. Plainer words cannot be found than those which compose the following " 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 ? Th« only art her guilt to cover, To hide...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - English fiction - 1807 - 326 pages
...as before. " Do, my pretty Olivia," cried she ; " let us have that little melancholy air your papa was so fond of ; your sister Sophy has already obliged...old father." She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetick, as moved me. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too late, that me» betray, What...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...pretty Olivia,' cried she, ' let us have tlrat little melancholy air your papa was so fond of; yonr sister Sophy has already obliged us. Do, child, it will please your old father.' She complied in a mauner so exquisitely pathetic, as moved me. Wfcen lovely woman stoops t And finds, too late, that...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 262 pages
...daughter as before. " Do, my pretty Olivia," cried she, " Let us have that little melancholy air your papa was so fond of ; your sister Sophy has already obliged...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 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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Vocal Poetry: Or, A Select Collection of English Songs. To which is Prefixed ...

John Aikin - Ballads, English - 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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Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most ...

John Aikin - Ballads, English - 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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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
...choly air your papa was so fond of, your sister1 ' Sophy has already obliged us. Do child, it 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 that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy,...
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