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156 SCIENCE FOE. WOMEN.
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she was addressed who ever will framed to a woman , most with ; aug powerfull and ht long less as quicken than the poetic divinit its throbbings pulse y for shall its theme ; beat and , , how it was is
muchthenmust ever it concern the poet y that she should not Ibe generally ignorant of , war of , when aught the that sword can - minister irt minstrel to his chanted music deeds ? In of the strife brazen , he _, g 7
knew age that , the fair listeners to his lay had broidered his heroes understanding banners Eeld on and tourney buckled minds list on or and their even sympathising b armour attle-p , lain had hearts , and watched when that how he he spoke told went how the to
lances shivered and how shields were cleft , how a charge was met or a victory who rocked won . his And cradle well had mig told ht the him theme tales insp of things ire him like , for these the ;
almost and nurse the as "lad read ye y love an " ear to whom to such he paid spirit his -stirring youthful strains vows would as even nobler lend to
those that celebrated her own beauty . Ours is the age of ironthe metal of peace and of progress ; of the magnet , the machine ,
mastery and , the we eng seek ine ; onl our y a strife victory is m over ainl the y with forces mere of Nature matter . , and the the
Let womanas of oldnot look with cold , unheeding eye upon conflict of the w , arfar but app e , l and y herself when , to she learn has once at least begun something to supply of the the warriors nature ;
and with appreci their weapons ate their , to skill encourage and them to to the take combat the field , to understand with them
prowess , mean even , when success capable and become , as a few a Bradamant have alread or y occasionall a Clorinda y b done y their with side no ;
such bloodless then songs we means . And shall triump when familiar , not hs a long , generation for even be then le from ft too w sh ithout the all her arise nursery fitting sympathies that with strain shall " have will s the to cel be been fairy ebrat with throug tales e th such eir of h
science" whose fancy shall have been fed from earliest years with the more , than ic marvels of Nature ' s phenomenathen shall
Poetry assert her mag sway supreme , and claim her due from , all ; the saline waters of learning shall crystallize into glittering shapes of
from beauty the , fresh skies imagery shall shall germinate be hewn in out the of seed the rock and and blossom drawn in down the
flowerrise from , the vapour of the crucible and beam through the _exj lens _^ erience of , the microscope is typified ; by then every shall obj the ect poet and prove every that action some mental of the
material worldand that the relation of the physical forces is not more close and , more constant than the kinship of the real and the
ideal the symbol , and thus of sentiment stamp the , the whole outward earth and with visible a sacramental embodiment seal as of
Heaven ' s inward and spiritual meaning _.
156 Science Foe. Women.
156 SCIENCE FOE . WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/12/
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