When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that…

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?

Sourced, The Vicar of Wakefield
(1766)

Ch. 29, Song, st. 1

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