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 - Seite 138von Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 204 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1783 - 366 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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...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 - 1800 - 192 Seiten
...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. AMIDST the clamour of exulting joys, Which triumph forces from the patriot... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 Seiten
...charm can sooth 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. DESCRIPTION AUTHOR'S BED-CHAMBER. WHERE the Red Lion staring o'er the way, Invites each passing stranger... | |
| Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - 228 Seiten
...? 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 ! CORN RIGGS ARE BONNY. MY Patie is a lover gay, His mind is never muddy, His breath is sweeter than... | |
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