The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-05-06
THE WEE.

Woman's love, like the rose blooming in the
arid DESERT spreads It's rays over the barren PLAN
Of the human heart ;and while all around it is bleak
and desolatG. it rises more strengthened from the
absence of every other charm. IN no situation
does the love Of woman appear more beautiful than
in that Of wIe;plrents, brethren and friends, have
claims upon the affections, but the love Of Il wife
is Of Il distinct and different nature. a daughter
may yield her lie to the preservation Of Il parenl,a
sister may devote herself to suffering brother, but
the feelings which induce her 10 this conduct, are
not such as those which lead Il wife to follow the
husband other choice through every pain and peril
that Car halll him, to watch over him in danger
10 cheer him in adversely ,anl even remauunac cd
at his side in the depths Of gnominy and shame.
Il Is an heroic devotion which woman displays
ia her Hdhcrunce TO the fortunes of hopeless hus-
bands when we behold her ia domestic scenes, a
mere passive creature Of enjoyment, an intellectual
joy Frightening the family circle with her endear-
ments, and pIized for the extreme joy which that
presence und those endearmens are calculated TO
impnrt, we can scarcely credit that the fragile be-
Ing who seem 10 hold eAisance by thread, is
capable Of supporting the extreme of human suf-
ierng; nay, when the heart of man sinks bcneulh
the weight oiugOny,th she should retain her pris-
tine powers of delight, and by her words of comfort
add patience, lead the distracted murmurer 10
peace and resignation.
Man profits by connection with the world but
woman never; their constituents of mind are dc-
lerent-lhe principles Of thought and action are
moulded varousy, and when the character of man
is digniod and ennobled thu, olwoman becomes re-
duced and degraded. The one is raised and exalted
by mingled asSociatlon,ihe parity of the other Is
maintained in silence and secusion.
Woman was created by the Great Giyer of all
| Goo& as the help-uate of man; formed in supe-
| rior though more delicate mould-endowe with
purer and better fcengs--slrongcr and more exal-
ted nliactionS--to pIuy distinct character IN the
| great drama o.! the created world; in fact, to re-
ward the toll and labores Of man. God made her
not mans slave, neither to buffet The pillows OF the
troubled sea of life, the Earring elements Of public
duties; but to share his pleasures, to console his
troubled thoughts, to join with him in his Joy, and
tXat him in his happiness, by her participation,
and to mcjorae his srieis,hy Kindness and endcar-
ments. Connection with the world destroys those
other traits of feelings, She beholds man in all his
aspect stalking abroad creature Of eyil--lho
slave Of dehaScd thoughs-he destroyer of inno-
cence-tIe dospoiIer Of nj! that is bright and beau
| l'u-and the scenes of guile, fraud and yainy
that meet the eyes, the gnnccs at every turn, grad
uaIly stiiG the kindly feelings o:womun, and at
length destroy that unsophislca,ed purity If soul
or if yoa will those feelings Of romance, which are
all best and the most productive Of happiness in the
! sex, which, heaven made to temper man..