 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...  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 102by Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 146 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Huddlestone Wynne - Advice columns - 1807 - 744 pages
...VViiac-art c.in wash hcr^uilt away ? ' The, only art her gui't to cover, To hide her shahie fr<nri 'every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die !' Ov: DRAMATIC So THOUGH a soliloquy in the perturbation oi passion is undoi:hu-cly natural, and inuerd... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 366 pages
...melancholy ? What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom, is— to 'die. LOVE-SONGS. CLASS V. SONG I. BY BARTON BOOTH ESQ.,,' SWEET are the charms of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...her melancholy, What art can warn her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom —is, to die. THE THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY.' . POEM, FIRST PRINTED IN MDCCLXV.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 252 pages
...her melancholy, What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom — is to die. As fhe was concluding the laft ftariza, to which an interruption in her voice... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...melancholy,. What art can wafli her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fliame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom— is, to die. SONGS. O MEMORY! thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys,... | |
 | 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...lover, And wring his bosom = is to die. As she was conclnding the last stanza, to which aninterrnption in her voice from sorrow gave peculiar sof'tru'ss,... | |
 | 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 - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...her melancholy, What art can wafh her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her fhame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bofom is to die. As fhe was concluding the laft ftanza, to which an interruption in her voice from... | |
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