 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 English Poets: Selections - Page 381redigeeritud poolt - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 lehte
...STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charms married already." — " You lie, like a rascal," returned...woman." " Indeed, begging your honour's pardon," repl THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY. TO THE REV. HENRY GOLDSMITH. DEAR SIR, I AM sensible that... | |
 | 1837 - 336 lehte
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he sa} s, The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame...repentance to her lover. And wring his bosom is — to die ! But these are trite lines, that would furnish but a sorry hint for the Anglo-French drama of our... | |
 | 1837 - 348 lehte
...have treated this subject differently: his morality was of another cast. Of the lost one he saj s, The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom is — to die ! But these are trite lines, that would furnish but a sorry hint for the Anglo-French drama of our... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 lehte
...simile assistance : Our modern bards ! why, what a pox Are they — but senseless stones and blocks. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly,...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG. GOOD people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 lehte
...your graces, As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN.1 WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. 1 See Vicar of Wakefield, c. xxiv. A DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER.1 WHERE the Red Lion staring... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 lehte
...your graces, As I hope to be sav'd ! without thinking on asses.' Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN.1 WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. A DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER.' WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way, Invites each passing... | |
 | 1839 - 66 lehte
...placet, miserandaque semper, Donee erit terris pulsus et exul Amor. HH Stanzas on Woman. — GOLDSMITH. When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds, too...guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To bring repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is — to die. From the Vicar of Wakefield. Si... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 lehte
...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...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice from sorrow gave peculiar... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 lehte
...light, That show'd the rogues they lied , The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly,...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. PROLOGUE TO ZOBEIDE, A TRAGEDY. In these bold times, when Learning's sons explore The distant climates,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 lehte
...simile assistance : Our modern bards ! why, what a pox Are they — but senseless stones and blocks ? STANZAS ON WOMAN. WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly,...shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, Ajid wring his bosom, is — to die. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG. GOOD people all, of every sort,... | |
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