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ABELARD TO ELOISA.
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ABELARD TO ELOISA.
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ABELARD TO ELOISA: A POEM.
BY MR. JERNINGHAM.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. ROBSON, NEW BOND-STREET.
M. DCC. XCII.
IN addressing this Poem to Your Lordship, I am endeavouring to ob|tain for it the sanction of a very skill|ful Judge; of a Person who has himself adorned the poetical walk, and who has exalted the muse of Tragedy,
in that excellent composition, The Fa|ther's Revenge.
I have the honour to be, with the im|pression of the greatest regard,
Your LORDSHIP's Obedient humble Servant, EDW. JERNINGHAM.
THE monastery of CLUNI, from whence ABE|LARD is supposed to write the following Epistle, was founded in the year 611, near the village of Mascon, on the river Graone. The Head of this convent (in the time of ABELARD) was distin|guished for his learning and humanity. History ele|vates him above the vulgar herd of monks by the ap|pellation of the Venerable PETER! He extended his generous protection to the unfortunate ABELARD, when he was under the censure of the court of Rome.
SAINT BERNARD also is connected with the story of Paraclete. This great man stands eminently forward in the picture of the twelfth century: Born with a mind too restless and enterprising to be confined within the circle of monastic occupations, he rushed into the tu|mult
of active life, and took the lead in some of the most important transactions of that period. With an undisciplined ardour peculiar to his character, he pre|cipitated his country into that ruinous measure, the se|cond crusade. Behold him at another time hastening to the contest that held all EUROPE in suspence, which exhibited two contending candidates for the popedom. The authority and vehemence of BERNARD overpow|ered the pretensions of ANACLETUS, and INNOCENT was seated on the papal throne. The enemies of this celebrated Abbot never impeached his moral charac|ter; but it must be allowed that in his zeal against the innovation of new opinions, he has sometimes left unregarded the superior duty of charity. A letter of his to the Cardinal GUIDO, the pope's legate in France, contains the most intolerant and sanguinary counsel: His persecution however of ABELARD was prompted (according to the opinion of some authors) by an im|pulse of jealousy, alarmed at the splendid literary re|putation of so young a person.
ABELARD in the following epistle lays a considerable stress upon his sentence of excommunication: In the dark ages, that spiritual humiliation was felt as the greatest calamity; the relation, the parent, the lover, the friend, suspended their endearing offices, and with|drew from the degraded offender.
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Alluding to the boy at Athens, who, while he was assisting at a religious ceremony, endured a burning coal that sell on his hand, rather than disturb the sacrifice.