 | 1821 - 259 pagina’s
...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, To hide her... | |
 | 1821 - 259 pagina’s
...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, To hide her... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822
...charming maid, I'll give thee — to the devil.* STANZAS OJV WOMAN. (FROM THE VICAR OF WAEEFIELD.) 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 her... | |
 | Poetical common-place book - 1822 - 388 pagina’s
...o'er, My last fond thought will be of thee. My native shore — my native shore ! WHEN LOVELY 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, To hide her... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Westall - 1822 - 154 pagina’s
...civil : 111 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, To hide her... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...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, To hide her... | |
 | William Frederick Deacon - 1823 - 429 pagina’s
...goes 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...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 146 pagina’s
...child, it will please your old father.' She complied in a manner so exquisitely pathetic, aa moved me. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? 1 9 The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 214 pagina’s
...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...only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from ev'ry eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, ii — to die. As she was concluding... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 659 pagina’s
...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...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. As she was concluding... | |
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