 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...  Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly - Page 1811905Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...can wash her guilt away? • ' J ' • '.!• .• The only art her guilt to eov«fr, .•;,». "''rt 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, to whkli an interruption... | |
 | 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, to which aninterrnption in... | |
 | 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. WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er... | |
 | 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. he Red Lion staring o'er... | |
 | 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 me a charm beyond that of almost... | |
 | 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, to which an interruption... | |
 | 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 me acharm beyond that of almost... | |
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