Song by Dr. Goldsmith intended for Miss Hardcastle in
his comedy She Stops to Conquer. He gave me it
in London Spring 1773.

It is in his own hand-writing.

Ah me when shall I marry me
Lovers are plenty but fail to relieve me
The fond youth that could carry me
Offers to love but means to deceive me

But I will rally and combat the ruiner
Not a look not a smile shall my passion discover
She that gives all to the false one pursuing her
Makes but a penitent loses a lover.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-74)

Song from *She Stoops to Conquer*; original manuscript with note by
James Boswell, 1773

Sometimes revision comes from an unexpected quarter:

We drank tea with the ladies; and Goldsmith sung Tony Lumpkin's
song in his comedy, *She Stoops to Conquer*, and a very pretty one, to an
Irish tune, which he had designed for Miss Hardcastle; but as Mrs.
 Bulkeley, who played the part, could not sing, it was left out. He after-
wards wrote it down for me, by which means it was preserved, and
now appears amongst his poems (*Life of Johnson*, 13 April 1773).

This constitutes revision by soprano (or by necessity). The copy of
the song given to Boswell turned up with the Boswell Papers in the
twentieth century. Although this scrap was not part of the original
manuscript for the play, it takes its place in the text.

*Purchased with the assistance of the Old Dominion Foundation and the*
*McGraw-Hill Book Co.*

## Song from "She Stops to Conquer"

The song Goldsmith wrote for Kate Hardcastle's part in his play had to be omitted because the actress could not sing. It would have been lost if Boswell had not preserved this copy in Goldsmith's hand, with Boswell's note of explanation at the top.