 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 - Page 62by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 72 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Ashley Montagu - 1999 - 340 lehte
...eighteenth century Oliver Goldsmith had a revealing solution to this problem in a poignant poem: When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that...repentance to her lover And wring his bosom, is — to die. Naturally, not the man, but the woman had to die. The double standard of sexual morality is immemorially... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 lehte
...that they had more of love than matrimony in them. The Vicar of Wukefield 1 1 766) ch. ift 30 When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that...her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? DIP Vicar of Wakefte\A(iJhh}fh. 29; cf. Eliot 296:11 31 There is no arguing with Johnson; l'or when... | |
 | D. H. Lawrence - 1999 - 738 lehte
...woman stoops to freedom Humorous reference to the song from The Vicar of Wakefield ( 1 766): 'When lovely woman stoops to folly, / And finds too late that men betray', by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74). 457:4 a different way — See The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 lehte
...the hall. S TO OPS TO FOIiY Oliver Goldsmith When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy....repentance to her lover. And wring his bosom — is to die. Margaret Eytinge 'Twas near the break of day, but still The moon was shining brightly, The west wind... | |
 | Dhira B. Mahoney - 2000 - 622 lehte
...gramophone. (11. 253-256) The lines from The Vicar ofWakefield which Eliot is parodying begin: When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds too late that...her melancholy? What art can wash her guilt away? and conclude with the observation that the only "art her guilt to cover" is "to die." Again the contrast... | |
 | Richard Nelson - 2001 - 68 lehte
...AND FINDS TOO LATE THAT MEN BETRAY WHAT CHARMS CAN SOOTHE HER MELANCHOLY, WHAT ART CAN WASH HER GRIEF AWAY? THE ONLY ART HER GUILT TO COVER TO HIDE HER...TO HER LOVER, AND WRING HIS BOSOM, IS — TO DIE. (The singer and the song touches everyone in the room For a moment, she is confused and cannot continue.... | |
 | H. S. Toshack - 2001 - 135 lehte
...perceptiveness of the young, who see the inappropriateness of some of the labels we give ourselves When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that...charm can soothe her melancholy? What art can wash her tears away? (Woman, Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774) This extract begins with two generalisations/assumptions:... | |
 | Susan Zlotnick - 2001 - 346 lehte
...moment I accepted him as my friend and protector, but, to use the words of a departed poet — 'When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What can sooth her melancholy, What can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her... | |
 | 19?? - 918 lehte
...will be read as long as the English language exists', and which includes the lines which begin: When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray He also wrote She stoops to conquer, a stage comedy in a different vein. Grainger, James (?i72i-6o).... | |
 | David J. Fekete - 2003 - 314 lehte
...false lover. She sings a song, one evening, about false love from which Eliot borrows a line: When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. 448 Moved by her own experience, Olivia falters in her singing. The contrast can hardly be more marked.... | |
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