The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-07
IrOm he AluAenLifpay GueoHe
FEMALE NAMES.

WIN some Nl the sweetest verses ] hN uVha~
ant poet, Burns seems Ia have been ~ much
attached "a IL ~ the author Of Chldc Harold.
II Is still the theme OF bards aud larllings
unnumhcrod. Wcmight Gll a column or two
here with songs, sonncts aud ballads, in the
melody Of whose verse the most musical sylla-
hlcH are those which firm the charming name
. ~ MAJ lul lLlllG - luuGh nresluL. il.elL
rHrr- -rTuutv rIrrtrTrr TTrrrt-r -rTTurr rT-rfI7
ing, Tor
.thc very mu.icafmc name ha. gone
let" our being" -
Let the motto, or the toast, if you viii,
ho the single line of Barry Cornwall Proc
tor
"llerc'- a haalh to tlce, 'M,r,'"
Sarah d almost o. common q name ~ Mary
hut II lacks the prestige which is historical
and poetical associations throw around the
latter, IN poetry IL take. the form Of Sally or
Sallic and 10 found ia many love song aud
ballad, sally Is sometimes contracted "a
Sal, which II neither poctical nor cuphoni-
uus,
Nuu trll uir vhii shall hr
The tutuf aik-suul.t ~ starry f-
10 which IN lil,cu tbcci
The 'nncst shades of hcWru's own hmo
lh"sr u.iruus eye, seem melting through
Susan, another uamc of Hebrew origin.
FlNllllFH "a Wy W. IhH'iIN " " usually NffN
ia its contracted form of Sue. ltisA pretty
name, -Hnd is immortalilcd in GAYS we'll
known ballad, The signiication of the name
i very happily introduced into the closing
liuc;--f
"Adcu, 'hc cried and waved her lily hand"
Ralph Iloyt, IN a very graceful poem emit
tied Only Sue" has the following lincs;-
"Aud how ofcu have I ,irnvcd
WIN the nds along the lcts
NhdWiih mnhN htwi'N Wiid,
-,. , r. ALA iiullg NJ lilis,. .lag lal.-------
Iur IL .hc whom ! love hosi,
u tNr HiuUIs ,UUld iul ~ s,cn,
No contcnmcnt in my breast
Model 'ght upon Mo rrreuj
l'',t there WHa rrrtit'f if,f.4,
With it, huwor Just in view,
Aud siif ruNci my heart and eve
Tint sweet hly ihcrc--my str"
NIahcljs probably derived from ma bella.
signiyinp my fair, though some supposr it Is
contracted amabli, or amiahlc It's u good
name ia 'cthcr case, and worthy Of being
pcrpctuotcd. Mary Hewitt hns a ballad com
mcnciug,
"Ari.c my maiden MAUrl."
which -tlr'--t'trl, poem We now rccollcct in
which the mann occurs.
Ursula, is a namu associated ia our mind
with homclncss of face aud goodncs, ofhcart
concealed under 'llp Ncil ola nun. II !. Irum
the Latin, aud signifies nothing more amiablc
than female bear Who, knowing this,will
give the name to u child
Blanche, one ot thg sweetest names over
borne hy woman,is from the French, aud sig
nirs white or fair. MARY Hewitt makes the
Ils..4.s's !l..1l'.s.-. 49, -lI..'-.!- -
"Ah cousin Blanche. lct'- soc
What the flower resembling thccl
NtlP'hu-c duvc-kr ewes ~ thine,
Aud tv fair hair ,ilkcu twinr.
With tly law, broad lurrhcHA, "a hiio
A. mnrhlc, and rs purely bright;
With thv mouth so calm and sweet,
Aud thv dainty hands and feet
MhuiA illH AaWcr m'-t iA - thee
Blossom ut the omugo-trcc''
Lucy, in its French from Lucic, signifies
lucid, and comes from the Latin.
Lucy i,a golden girl
says BRYAN Proctor, and many will echo the
LIND. Wordsworth has made it one of the
"Numcs welded unto song"
I And lovely indeed is the maiden, bearing
that.swcct name, whom nature proposes to
mould, at will, TO her own taste;-
She win hc .portiyc ns the f,wn
Tint wild with plcc across the lawn,
Or mp the mountnin spriup~;
And hers shall be the breathing balm.
Mud hers the silcncc aud the calm
Otusitc inycu-htc things.
The stars ofmidnirht shall be dear
To hcr' and she shall lean her car
In many secret place,
Where rvulot dance their wnvwnrl round,
And beauty born ofinurmurinc sound
Shnll pass into her face.
And vital feelings OF delight
Shall rear her form Ia stately height,
Her virgin bosom swcll
such thoughts te Lucy | viii give
While she and Together live p
Here in this happy dell.
Beatrice is another name derived from the
Latin. II signifies one who bcsscs or mikes
happy. No name can be more appropriate
for a lovely, atlcctionatc and amiablc woman,
Beatrice has been honorcd above all others
by the poets. Dante, Shak speare and Shell
ley have in turn, thrown around il thc charm
of their numbers, and linked it with thoughts
both lovely and tragic.
40 son Beatrice che Ii fncco andnrc."
Caroline is the feminine form of Charles,
or rather of its equivalent Carolus. 1t comes
from the german and has the Specification of
braye-souled or valiant. The name has been
bornu by women who lave proved themselves
worthy of the name. IL is not in the manly
breast alond that valor is found or needed -
There are those, who, having learned
-'how sublime n thing tits
To suffer and be strong ~
have displayed courage which shamcs' that
of the warrior, on the battle field. Caroline
is sometimes abbrcviated to Carrie, CaIIe and
Cal. :?
'ff f1+.'ET u fair Young grit -51a.,. =
With nm eve like the sky's own bfuC
-pf sweet spriht, flower when H. nrur- frtvcs
Are bright with the early dew
Oh, a thing half earth and half divine
is she--the hir young Carolins"
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Whom Jenny Lind first appeared at the
Ladies' Ordinary, at the Irving, she had no
comb in her hair, while every other lady