The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-09-19

much OF its character amidst the con-
Germs of life, have held him in kind
of spiritualized existence. He shares
his very being with one who, Il creature
of this world, and with something Of
the worlds fraiIties, is
- yet Spirit still, and bright
With something of an angel light.
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With all the sincerity of a compan-
ionship of feeling, cares, SORROWS and
enjoyments, her presence is as the pres
ence of a purer being, and there is
that in her nature which seems TO bring
him nearer 10 better world. She is.
as it were, linked TO angels, and he.
feels, in his exalted moments, held bv
the same tie.
woman, amidst the ordinary affairs
OF life, has greater influence than ~
man on those near her. While for The
most part, our feelings are as retired as
anchorites, hers are in constant play
before us. We hear them in her vary
ing voice. We see them in the beauii-
full and harmonious undulatons of her
movements, in the quick shifting hues
of her face-in her eye, glad and bright
then fond and suflused. Her whole
frame is alive and active with what is at
her heart, and the outward form all
speaks. And can man listen to this
can his eye rest upon all this, day af-
ter day, and he not be touched and
made better? She seems of a finer
mould than we, and cast in form Of
beauty which, like all beauty, acts with
a moral influence upon our hearts. AS
she moves about Us, we feel a move
ment within, which rises and spreads
gently over Us, harmonizing with her
own.
The dignity of woman has its pc
culiar character. 1t awes more than
that of man. His is more physical,
bearing itself up with an energy OF
courage which we may brave, or IA
strength which we may struggle against.
He is his own avenger, and we NAV
stand the brunt. A woman has moth
ing of this force in it. 1t is Of higher
quality, too delicate for mortal touch
We bow before it, as before some supe-
riour spirit appearing in beautiful maj
esty.
There IS propriety, too, 10 wom-
ans mind, kind Of instructive iudc-
ment, which leads us along in right
way, and that so gently, and by such ii
continuous run of little circumstances.
that we are hardly conscious we are not
going on in our own course. She helps
TO cure our weaknesses better than man,
because she sees them quicker, because
we are more ready to show her those
which are hid, and because advice comes
from her without its air Of superiority,
and reproof without its harshness.
Men, who feel deeply show little of
their deepest feelings to each other
But, besides the close union and common
interests and concerns between husband
and wife, woman seems to be crea-
ture peculiarly ordained for a man to
lay open his heart to, and share its
Joys with, and be comforter to its
griefs. Her voice soothes us like mu-
sick; she is our light in gloom, and our
sun in cold world In time of afTlic-
ton she does not come to us like man.
who lays by for the hour his proper
nature to give us relief. She ministers
. to us with hand so gentle, and speaks
in voice SO calm and Kind, and her
very being is. so much in all she does,
that she seems at the moment one born
cnly to hear our sorrows, and give rest
TO our cares. That man must be sadly
depraved, and as hard as stone, who
does not feel all disturbance within
gradually sinking away, and quietude
stealing through his frame, to whom
such being is sent for comfort and sup
port.