Lady Lovelace.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 40, 4 May 1853, Page 4

Lady Lovelace.

Til" Li'lv Adu A"gu;:n, rendered fainout by Byron's well kntmn line — " Ailh. •<)!« daughter of my houie nnd licml" expired, after n huseciiii i'lniss of more than ono ynu'« diirntion. Nt No. 6, Grrnt Ctitnbcrland.piiico, She wm horn in 181(5 at the noble poet's town rr?L d.'iice 122. Picndilly, and wu* like her illustr'oii a fnthcr, in the 37th year ot'hur n^c when the died. \iy dnupilitpr, with thy name thin n"ti» hfean, My d*uj)'or, with thy numetlms inucli sin, 11 end. Ime ihec not : I hejr theu not ; but none Citn he so wrnpt in tlivr. Thou arr tho friend To whom the hlmil'.ws of far years extend. Aly vnioe iliull with thy Allure vininni blend, And reach into thy hi-utt wl en mitiß in cold —

A token nmt v tone evou fiom thy fnther's rauiiM. VVritlus to Mr. Murray fruni Venice, Fnh, 2, 1318' Byron siv»:— l hui'O ;1 Rrent luvc for little Adi, nnd I limit li>r>v n rd to her in the pillnr of my ulil ;u;n, fhoiiKl I ever reich lint dcialnte perixl, wliirh I hope no{. P.om IMa^na. 7th June, 1819 he n«am writes:— 'l hivw p.otheird ot my li tie Ail 1, the Elcrtrn of Myi-entD, Imi ihcrw will oniiie n (Uy nf rtckonlng (iven ihnulil I not live to see III." Tro.o Rsivuna. Bth Ootoher, 1820:— "I' y"" I turn nvrr tlie pijjoi of tin' UiiunriL"loii pefiii^c ch-c ' yim will lcifu how ooinmi'ii "in the n>im« of 'tin, under the Pliuitif{iMieti.. I found it 111 my »wn p«. • ili'Ti-e m tlu< ee'mm ol J>>in hikl (1 nry." l'iin, Jl7 1) No>. 18'> l: —"I h'Ve to «rkii.iwlftlg« the ' nci-ipt dI a lock "I A.l.is hiir. wlneli ii aoft ami pr<-uy, »iid iieiuly «■• dmk ik mini' win nt twelve. O.i tin- 8 Ii July )B:J.>, he pioiN lUujjh'or, wus iiMirxl to L 'rd Iv m, ■iib.iipifiiily in IBJB crflntcil G,i I of Livt'larr »i!>iniii siau 'iy uhidi ilu- linage „■ J,,iiu L.ml.c wii hle.ilrd willi ll til it ol Mjrun. M ich <>l thf. inn-rest lh 11 v ta>-ha< to ihc duu^liiers ot VJ it ion mid Sli.>fce*pcro tv.m It-It in the drccasrcl l.idy wiiorovt-r ilu' En likli lMtmun^e i< tpiiken, nnil 10 11 Urge lirule of iir.vnti! fiiumlH, her dt'utli will be a fource ol Miicwe nurroiv. H gi'lv uifted nnd endowed with 11 hr«e fho"' ot her miller's ti>mpeiament, nhc delighted in in'e'l ctunl ni«clln» bentvolent |ier»tiiti. Not only oy right ot piircutnpc, bntbv right 11U0 of lu-i unusunl »oconi)il hUinentrt in Science, *he deservn a nuiioe. Those who moved within her eire «• know ho ► good n uinthemalieian the wns, and how cleur nnd decisive her t;rn«p of tetetuiiie gencntliiicv ; 10 tJmsu iviihout that circle it is enough to Miy, that for v long time «he win credited ni Hie wuter of |icrl.H|u the mint rcm.irkible philosophic work which hut been pro. iluccd for mimy years in science, " The Vu»t|gca i>f Crcaii-n," a work which unceretl at by bundrcdi every wny inconipetnut lo nprehend iti teal Scope and vulue, ii is nevorthelcsi, n cotisiderahlo honor to be credited with, and Lady Lovelace had that honor.