 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...  Notes and Queries - Side 3961883Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1846 - 456 sider
...can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, And hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance...to her lover, And wring his bosom , is — to die." "Perhaps he would regret me, and mourn that he had been neglectful unkind," would the Duchess say to... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1846 - 1004 sider
...can Roothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away 1 " The only art, her guilt to cover, And hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring hia bosom, is — to die." " Perhaps he would regret me, and mourn that he had been neglectful, unkind,"... | |
 | 1847 - 540 sider
...can soothe her melancholy ? What art can wash her guilt away ? — The only way her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. t GOLDSMITH. ! 9. If I am fair, 't is for myself alone ; I do not wish to have a sweetheart near me,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 sider
...charm can sooth her melancholy 1 What art can wash her guill away ? The only art hqr guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die. f As she was concluding the last stanza, to which an interruption in her voice from sorrow gave peculiar... | |
 | Hercules Ellis - 1849 - 296 sider
...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 his bosom — is to die. OH! EEIN! Songlet. JOHN DALTON. Oh ! Erin 1 in thine hour of need, Thy warriors wander o'er the earth... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 1154 sider
...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 his ho?om— is to die.' " Scarce had the "Vicar of Wakefield " made its appearance and been received with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 416 sider
...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 his bosom—is to die.' " Scarce had the Vicar of Wakefield made its appearance and been received with... | |
 | William Hetherington (of Cockermouth.) - 1850 - 214 sider
...lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray; 2. The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die." vn. Man, the world's tyrant, walks in pride, And triumphs o'er his conquests made', Till time, life's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 sider
...hitiondiip with tola gallant soldier, WHOM character be greatly admired. The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance...to her lover, And wring his bosom, is — to die. A SONNET.* WEEPING, murmuring, complaining, Lost to every gay delight, Myra, too sincere for feigning,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 sider
...charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away t The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance...to her lover, And wring his bosom — is, to die. DESCRIPTION OF AN AUTHOR'S BEDCHAMBER. WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way, Invites each passing... | |
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