Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-31
ECna!c Names.

From the Southern Literary Gazettel
Mary, the sweetest Of female names, may not
nappropriately stand at the bead of our list
1t is from the Hebrew, and signifies exalted
lis French form is Marie. Il is, we hardly need
say, famous name in both sacred and profane
history In all ages, from the time OF NJ lry,
The mother Of Jesus, to that Of Mary the mother
of Washington, the name has, literally, been
exalted. 1t has been linked with titles and
power--with CROWDS and coronots, and adorn-
ed by goodness and beauty. Mary has ever
been a favorite name with the poets. Byron,
as he assured US, felt an absolute passion for
it.
1t is interviewer with some of his sweetest
verses. The peasant poet, Burns, seems to
have been as much attached to il as the author
of Chde Harold 1t is still the theme of bardS
and bardlings unnumbered. We light r fill
column or two here with songs, sonnets and
ballads in the melody of whose verse the most
musical syllabes are those which form the
charming name Of Mary. But where so much
presents itself, we can quote nothing, for
The very musl, Of the name has gone
In 70 oar being"
Let the motto, or tile toast if you will, be the
single line of Byron Waller Proctor:
"Ilere's a health to tlee, Mary"
| Sarah is almost as common a name as Mary
but it lacks the prestige which its historical and
poetlca associations throw around the latter.
1t is also from the Hebrew, and signifies prin-
cess. In poetry it takes the form Of Sally or
| fsale, and Is found in many a love song and
| ballad. Sally is sometimes contracted to Sal,
which Is neither poetical nor eBphonius.
"Lnughing, sporting, prarIing Sallie,
Now tell me what shall be
IN tInl OF sky, sunt or starry,
To which I'll ken thee
The suile,t shades OF heavens own blue
Those lustrous eyes seem melting through" "
! Susan, another name of Hebrew origin, sig
nifies lily. In poetry it is usually seen in lis
contracted torn Of Sue. 1t is a pretty name,
and is immortalized in Gray's well known bal
lad. The Specification of the name is very hap
PLY introduced in the closing line:
"Adieu, she cried and waved her lily hand"
Ralph Hoyt in very graceful poem, enti-
tied, My Sue,' has the following lines:
"And how often haye strnyed
With the lads along the lea
And with many a pretty maid
i Yet, an none Of them iorm me-
For if she whom love best
In TIE groups could not be seen,
NO conleunIent in my breast,
NO delight upon the green.
But there was a garden ngh
WIh its bower lust i'm view
i ANA slliI ciavrd my heart and eve
lhal sweet llly theIe-my Sue"
Mabel is probably derived from ma bella sig.
niiy'ng my fair, though some suppose that it il
contracted IRON amabllS, lovely or amiable. Il
is a good name in either case, and worthy o
being Perpeluated. Mary Ilowetl has a ballac
commencing,
'ArIs,, my maiden Mablg,"
which is the only poem we now recollect il
which The name occurs.
Ursula, name associated in our mind will
homeliness OF face, and goodness of heart con
ceaed under the veil of nun, is from the La
tin, and signifies nothing more amiable than q
female bear! Who, Knowing tbis, will give
the name TO child?
Banch, one OF the sweetest names eve
borne by woman, is from the French, and sig
niles white or fair Mary Hewitt makes III,
orange-ilower It's floral type.
"'Ah Cousin Blanche, lels see,
What's the flower resembling thee
Nlih those dove like eyes OF thine
And thy air hairs siken twine,
NIih thy low broad forehead white
As marble and so purely bright
lll my mouth 50 calm and sweet,