Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. III. The Eighteenth Century: Addison to Blake
Oliver Goldsmith (17301774)Stanzas on Woman
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And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy,
What art can wash her guilt away?
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wring his bosom, is—to die.