Quote#Love
The only art her guilt to cover
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 24, Song, st. 2..
English (original)
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.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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