World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . ecilia greater powr is givnHis numbers raisd a shade from hell, Hers lift the soul to Heavn. And lastly, Congreves; courtly, polished,—almost as bowinglygallant as one of his own comedy fine gentlemen. We seem to seeDan Phoebus, in embroidered coat and ruffles—^like Mirabell or Bell-mour, at the feet of MUlamant or Belinda—laying his harp andhis laurels at the feet of Saint Cecilia, in the hoop-petticoat andpowdered head-dress of Mrs. Bracegirdle:— Cecilia comes, with holy rapture filld. To ease the world of
World-noted women : or, Types of womanly attributes of all lands and ages . ecilia greater powr is givnHis numbers raisd a shade from hell, Hers lift the soul to Heavn. And lastly, Congreves; courtly, polished,—almost as bowinglygallant as one of his own comedy fine gentlemen. We seem to seeDan Phoebus, in embroidered coat and ruffles—^like Mirabell or Bell-mour, at the feet of MUlamant or Belinda—laying his harp andhis laurels at the feet of Saint Cecilia, in the hoop-petticoat andpowdered head-dress of Mrs. Bracegirdle:— Cecilia comes, with holy rapture filld. To ease the world of , more than all the Muses skilld,Phoebus himself to her must at her feet lay downHis golden harp and laurel crown ;The soft enervate lyre is drowndIn the deep organs more majestic peals the swelling notes ascend the skies ;Perpetual breath the swelling notes supplies. And lasting as her name Who formd the tuneful frame,Th immortal music never dies. Saint CecUia forms a blended impersonation of Christian faith,divine music and feminine V, 1- rv*« .X HELOISE. Hardly could a finer exemplar of the principle of self-abnegationbe pointed out than Heloise. She formed an embodiment of thatgenerous passion of love which prefers the honour of the belovedobject to its own. That noble affection which lives and has itsbreath in the welfare of another—the chosen one. That affectionwhose ambition is exalted,—for it seeks the glory of another self,instead of self-aggrandizement; whose aspirations are all disinter-ested, having for aim the advantage of the beloved one, forgetfid ofpersonal distinction. Peculiarly a womanly affection, —content tomerge all considerations of individual fame (even womanhoodsfame itself) in that of the man preferred, proud of his renown,and humbly willing to remain obscure, and even defamed for hissake. Her tragical history may be gathered from the celebrated Letters written by Abelard, and herself, which fortunately time
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