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Poetry.
Her actions tending all to one great plan—To teach mankind , WHAT MAN SHOULD BE TO MAN . Each selfilh passion boldly to destroy , _ That all the twrld , like us , may meet in joy . . ~ - Do sceptics doubt the Mason ' s gen ' rous aim ? One truth beyond all cavil sets our fame : Since to THE C RAFT A BUCHAN ' care is giv'n , It must be dear to Virtue and to Heav ' n . nnim
Masonic Song.
MASONIC SONG .
BY BROTHER JOHN RICHARDSON , OF THE ROYAL BRUNSWICK LODGE , SHEFFIELD .
I . ALONE from Arts and Science flow Whate ' er instructs or charms the eye ; Whate ' er can fill the mind with awe ; Beneath yon arched azure sky . II .
With Heav ' nly true Mechanic skill , Our great ALMIGHTY M ASTER wroughtj And in six days did HE fulfil , What far surpasses human thought . III . Firm in the Centre fixed HE The Sun to guide the rolling Spheres 5 .
, The Moon by night a light to be , And mark us out the Months and Yean . IV , What tho' no pow ' rful Lever's seen , Nor Axle , Wheel , or Fully there 5 Yet they have ever constant been , As Time and Truth to us declare .
V . Just so , our true MASONIC fame , On lofty lasting COLUMNS stands ; Grac'd with a royal Brunswick ' s name , And rear'd beneath his ruling hands .
A Lyric Ode, By Gray.
A LYRIC ODE , BY GRAY .
[ Not published in his Works . ] SPRING . NOW the golden Morn aloft Waves her dew-bespangled wing , With vermeil cheek and whisper soft , She wees the tardy Spring : Qj .
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Poetry.
Her actions tending all to one great plan—To teach mankind , WHAT MAN SHOULD BE TO MAN . Each selfilh passion boldly to destroy , _ That all the twrld , like us , may meet in joy . . ~ - Do sceptics doubt the Mason ' s gen ' rous aim ? One truth beyond all cavil sets our fame : Since to THE C RAFT A BUCHAN ' care is giv'n , It must be dear to Virtue and to Heav ' n . nnim
Masonic Song.
MASONIC SONG .
BY BROTHER JOHN RICHARDSON , OF THE ROYAL BRUNSWICK LODGE , SHEFFIELD .
I . ALONE from Arts and Science flow Whate ' er instructs or charms the eye ; Whate ' er can fill the mind with awe ; Beneath yon arched azure sky . II .
With Heav ' nly true Mechanic skill , Our great ALMIGHTY M ASTER wroughtj And in six days did HE fulfil , What far surpasses human thought . III . Firm in the Centre fixed HE The Sun to guide the rolling Spheres 5 .
, The Moon by night a light to be , And mark us out the Months and Yean . IV , What tho' no pow ' rful Lever's seen , Nor Axle , Wheel , or Fully there 5 Yet they have ever constant been , As Time and Truth to us declare .
V . Just so , our true MASONIC fame , On lofty lasting COLUMNS stands ; Grac'd with a royal Brunswick ' s name , And rear'd beneath his ruling hands .
A Lyric Ode, By Gray.
A LYRIC ODE , BY GRAY .
[ Not published in his Works . ] SPRING . NOW the golden Morn aloft Waves her dew-bespangled wing , With vermeil cheek and whisper soft , She wees the tardy Spring : Qj .