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Article THE SONGS OF MASONRY. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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The Songs Of Masonry.
Allien the sun from the East first salutes mortal eyes . . And the skylark melodiously bids us arise ; AA ith our hearts full of joy we the summons obey , Straight repair to our work , and to moisten our clay . On the tressel our Master draws angles and lines , There with freedom and fervency forms his designs : Not a picture on earth is so lovelto view
y , AU his lines are so perfect , his angles so true . In the West see the wardens submissively stand . The master to aid and obey his command ; The intent of his signal we perfectly know . And we ne ' er take offence when he gives us a blow . In the Lodge , sloth and dulness wc always avoid ,
Fellow crafts and apprentices all are employed ; Perfect ashlers some finish , some make the rough plain , All are pleased with their work , and are pleased with their gain AHien my master I ' ve served seven years , perhaps more , Some secrets he'll tell me I ne ' er knew before ; In my bosom I'll keep them as long as I live , And pursue the directions his wisdom shall give .
I'll attend to his call both by night and by day ; It is his command , and ' tis mine to obey ; AA'hensoe ' er we are met , I'll attend to his nod , And I'll work till hi gh twelve , then I'll lay down my hod . Song has ever constituted an agreeable relaxation , although it has longbeen dismissed from any share in the ceremonial . In an old Minute
Book of a Lodge at Lincoln , commencing in 1732 , " I find entries from which it appears that the Master usually "gave an elegant charge ; also went through an examination ; and the Lodge was closed with songs and decent merriment . " The above officer was Sir Cecil AVray of Glentworth , Bart ., who regularly attended his duties every Lodge night for some years ; and he also held the hi gh office of Deputy Grand Master of Masons in the 1734 AAliat the above were can be onl
year . songs y matter of conjecture ; because the chronology of Masonic poetry is so much confused as to be incapable of any certain arrangement . AVhat a pity it is that the records of Masonry in those times should be so meagre . How much to be regretted that such an inveterate prejudice should have existed against written or printed documents on the subject of our science , in the minds of some zealous Brethren , as to cause them to commit many valuable manuscripts to the flames rather than produce them
, about the beginning of the eighteenth century , although commanded to do so by an enlightened Grand Master . The songs referred to in the above notices , may however be very rationally supposed to be those that appear in the first edition of Anderson ' s Constitutions , which had been composed for the different officers of the Lodge ; and might he used alternatel y ; and it is quite certain that the E . AP . song was seldom omitted by our Brethren of that day .
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The Songs Of Masonry.
Allien the sun from the East first salutes mortal eyes . . And the skylark melodiously bids us arise ; AA ith our hearts full of joy we the summons obey , Straight repair to our work , and to moisten our clay . On the tressel our Master draws angles and lines , There with freedom and fervency forms his designs : Not a picture on earth is so lovelto view
y , AU his lines are so perfect , his angles so true . In the West see the wardens submissively stand . The master to aid and obey his command ; The intent of his signal we perfectly know . And we ne ' er take offence when he gives us a blow . In the Lodge , sloth and dulness wc always avoid ,
Fellow crafts and apprentices all are employed ; Perfect ashlers some finish , some make the rough plain , All are pleased with their work , and are pleased with their gain AHien my master I ' ve served seven years , perhaps more , Some secrets he'll tell me I ne ' er knew before ; In my bosom I'll keep them as long as I live , And pursue the directions his wisdom shall give .
I'll attend to his call both by night and by day ; It is his command , and ' tis mine to obey ; AA'hensoe ' er we are met , I'll attend to his nod , And I'll work till hi gh twelve , then I'll lay down my hod . Song has ever constituted an agreeable relaxation , although it has longbeen dismissed from any share in the ceremonial . In an old Minute
Book of a Lodge at Lincoln , commencing in 1732 , " I find entries from which it appears that the Master usually "gave an elegant charge ; also went through an examination ; and the Lodge was closed with songs and decent merriment . " The above officer was Sir Cecil AVray of Glentworth , Bart ., who regularly attended his duties every Lodge night for some years ; and he also held the hi gh office of Deputy Grand Master of Masons in the 1734 AAliat the above were can be onl
year . songs y matter of conjecture ; because the chronology of Masonic poetry is so much confused as to be incapable of any certain arrangement . AVhat a pity it is that the records of Masonry in those times should be so meagre . How much to be regretted that such an inveterate prejudice should have existed against written or printed documents on the subject of our science , in the minds of some zealous Brethren , as to cause them to commit many valuable manuscripts to the flames rather than produce them
, about the beginning of the eighteenth century , although commanded to do so by an enlightened Grand Master . The songs referred to in the above notices , may however be very rationally supposed to be those that appear in the first edition of Anderson ' s Constitutions , which had been composed for the different officers of the Lodge ; and might he used alternatel y ; and it is quite certain that the E . AP . song was seldom omitted by our Brethren of that day .