| James Marten, James Alan Marten - History - 2007 - 268 pages
...pleasure stray, Ruin ensues, reproach, and endless shame, and one false step intirely damns her fame; In vain with tears the loss she may deplore, In vain look back to what she was before, She set, like stars that fall, to rise no more.14 Women, not men, would ultimately suffer if they gave... | |
| Phrenology - 1825 - 686 pages
...ensues, remorse and endless shame, ' And one false step entirely damns her fame. ' In vain with tears her loss she may deplore, ' In vain look back to what...She sets, like stars that fall, to rise no more." It may be worth while to inquire if Phrenology can assist us in determining the much-debated question,... | |
| William Creech - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1815 - 418 pages
...shame, And one false step for ever damns her fame. In vain, with tears, the loss she may deplore — j In vain look back to what she was before — > She...sets, — like stars that fall — to rise no more. J " I became careless of my conduct ; because I found all efforts to retrieve my loss were in vain... | |
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