 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...old father ». She complied in a manner 59 exquisitely pathetick as moved me : * VV HEW lovely-woman stoops to -folly, And finds too late that men betray,...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 - 1803 - 192 pages
...WOMAN. VV HEN 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 ?...to her lover, And wring his bosom.. ..is, to die. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER. WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way, Invites each passing stranger... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...your graces, 14 As I hope to be sav'd ; without thinking on asses f Edinburgh, 1753. STANZAS ON WOMAN. lovely woman stoops to folly, * * And finds too late...to her lover. And wring his bosom— is— to die. DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER. he Red Lion staring o'er the way, * * Invites each passing stranger... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 320 pages
...Wo»man." 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 ?...to her lover, And wring h"is bosom, is — to die. I confess, however, they have to me acharm beyond that of almost any piece of the kind with which I... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 304 pages
...the rogues they ly'd ; The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that dy'd. STANZAS ON WOMAN. HEN lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that...repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom— is to die. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, BOW-STREET, COVENT GARDES. ^AY, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 262 pages
...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 '....repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom is to die. As sire was concluding the last stanza, to which -.in interruption in her voice from sorrow jjav -'peculiar... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 pages
...[GOLDsMITH.] 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...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. 1 ELL my Stephen that I die ; Let echoes to each other tell, Till the mournful accents fly To Strephon's... | |
 | John Aikin - 1810 - 330 pages
...a foe. 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...give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is—to die.* LUCY, I think not of thy beauty ; GOLDSMITH. I praise not each peculiar grace : To see... | |
 | James Lawrence - 1811 - 274 pages
...company. " 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...eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom,...is to die." " What," cried Priscilla, " would you marry her still ?" " Why hot," said he,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...us. Do child, 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...die. As she was concluding the last stanza, to which; aninterruptionin her voice from sorrow gave peculiar softness, the appearance of Mr. Thornhill's equipage... | |
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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... 
