 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...  Poetical Works - Pagina 62di Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Frederick Deacon - 1823 - 494 pagine
...to sleep in the arm-chair while the young ones are romping about • * * * *, ROSALIE: STalr. " When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ?" GOLDSMITH. IN the heart of South Wales, and in the neighbourhood of theyillageof Llangadock, there... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pagine
...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, To hide... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pagine
...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 chami can sooth her melancholy ? What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover,... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - 1824 - 848 pagine
...guardian*. On this subject, as well as on many others, they differ widely from our inimitable poet : When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is—to die. Such a sentiment as this would in Canada bo regarded merely as the wild effusion of some... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pagine
...without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 17X: ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And find« too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her...every eye To give repentance to her lover. And wring hie bosom— i», to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER. WHERE the Red Lion, staring o'er the way,... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 720 pagine
...a greatly admired poet too true a picture of her fate : « When lovely woman stoops to folly, Anil finds, too late, that men betray ; What charm can...art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every rye, 27 4 i To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is, to die." But Mariette did not... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pagine
...mutely eloquent, And hail thee brightest of the NINE ! ROSALIE. From " tee Innkeeper's Album." " When lovely Woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away ?" GOLDSMITH. IN the heart of South Wales, and in the neighbourhood of the village of Llangadock, there... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 408 pagine
...influence both of hunger and fatigue, Henry Warden retained his standing posture. CHAPTER XIV. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray JULIAN AVENEL saw with surprise the demeanour of the reverend stranger. " Beshrew me," he said, " these... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pagine
...the rogues they lied ; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died. STANZAS WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY: A POEM. FIRST PRINTED IN MDCCLXV. TO THE REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pagine
...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...What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her jjuilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom... | |
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