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The Songs Of Masonry.
practised when the Lodge is called to refreshment . Poetry and music are gaily interwoven ; and I submit to the consideration of our princely Grand Master , whether , in its present commanding position Freemasonry ought not to have a Laureat to superintend the character ot its poetry , as it is furnished with a Grand Organist to regulate the music ; for it cannot be denied but that our poetry is capable of being advanced stages before it reaches the which
many perfection is so earnestly to be desired by its advocates and friends . Much learning might be here wasted on the connection which subsists between philosophy poetry , and music ; but it would be too grave a subject for the rambling nature of a magazine article , and would simply end in au illustration of the fact , that the genius of all three is intimately blended , and that , as Coleridge used to say , " poetry is philosophy with seraph wings . Let us see how they unite in the songs of Masonry .
Not the fictions of Greece , nor the dreams of old Rome , Shall with visions mislead , or with meteors consume ; No Pegasus' wings my short soarings misguide , Nor raptures detain me on Helicon ' s side . All clouds now dissolve ; from the East beams the day-Truth rises in glory , and wakens the lay . The eagle-eyed muse—sees the light—fills the grove With the song of Freemasons , of friendship , and love '
" Inspired with the theme , the Divinity flies—And throned on a rainbow—before her arise Past , present , and future—with splendid array In Masonic succession , their treasures display . She views murdered merit hy ruffian-hand fall , And the grave give its dead up , at fellowship ' s call f While the Craft , hy their badges , their innocence prove And the song of Freemasons is friendship and love .
" From those ages remote see the Muse speeds , her way , To join in the glories the present display . In freedom and friendship she sees the true band , With their splendour and virtues illumine the land . Religion ' s pure beams break the vapours of night , And from darkness mysterious the word gives the light VFhile the lodge here below , as the choirs from above , Join the song of Freemasons , in friendshi p and love !
" That the future mi ght keep what the present bestows In rapture prophetic the goddess arose ; ' As she sung through the skies , angels echoed the sound And the winds bore the notes to the regions around ; The kind proclamation our song shall retain ; 'Twas , ' That Masonry long may its lustre maintain , And , till time be no more , our fraternity prove , That the objects we aim at , are friendship and love " *
I declare I never hear this song but something stirs within me to quicken the best feelings of human nature . It is like the outpouring of a heart overflowing with love to God and benevolence to man . Brother ¦ aainfiefd was a capital song writer ; although I confess that my strong
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The Songs Of Masonry.
practised when the Lodge is called to refreshment . Poetry and music are gaily interwoven ; and I submit to the consideration of our princely Grand Master , whether , in its present commanding position Freemasonry ought not to have a Laureat to superintend the character ot its poetry , as it is furnished with a Grand Organist to regulate the music ; for it cannot be denied but that our poetry is capable of being advanced stages before it reaches the which
many perfection is so earnestly to be desired by its advocates and friends . Much learning might be here wasted on the connection which subsists between philosophy poetry , and music ; but it would be too grave a subject for the rambling nature of a magazine article , and would simply end in au illustration of the fact , that the genius of all three is intimately blended , and that , as Coleridge used to say , " poetry is philosophy with seraph wings . Let us see how they unite in the songs of Masonry .
Not the fictions of Greece , nor the dreams of old Rome , Shall with visions mislead , or with meteors consume ; No Pegasus' wings my short soarings misguide , Nor raptures detain me on Helicon ' s side . All clouds now dissolve ; from the East beams the day-Truth rises in glory , and wakens the lay . The eagle-eyed muse—sees the light—fills the grove With the song of Freemasons , of friendship , and love '
" Inspired with the theme , the Divinity flies—And throned on a rainbow—before her arise Past , present , and future—with splendid array In Masonic succession , their treasures display . She views murdered merit hy ruffian-hand fall , And the grave give its dead up , at fellowship ' s call f While the Craft , hy their badges , their innocence prove And the song of Freemasons is friendship and love .
" From those ages remote see the Muse speeds , her way , To join in the glories the present display . In freedom and friendship she sees the true band , With their splendour and virtues illumine the land . Religion ' s pure beams break the vapours of night , And from darkness mysterious the word gives the light VFhile the lodge here below , as the choirs from above , Join the song of Freemasons , in friendshi p and love !
" That the future mi ght keep what the present bestows In rapture prophetic the goddess arose ; ' As she sung through the skies , angels echoed the sound And the winds bore the notes to the regions around ; The kind proclamation our song shall retain ; 'Twas , ' That Masonry long may its lustre maintain , And , till time be no more , our fraternity prove , That the objects we aim at , are friendship and love " *
I declare I never hear this song but something stirs within me to quicken the best feelings of human nature . It is like the outpouring of a heart overflowing with love to God and benevolence to man . Brother ¦ aainfiefd was a capital song writer ; although I confess that my strong