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On Freemasonry.
The rush-thatch'd cot , the pile of unhewn stone , Raised by unaided , unskill ed strength alone , 'Till man , by favouring science onward led , Rear'd the proud turret ' s stately-crested head . Could language give thy mystic being tongue , Cast back the veil time o ' er thy deeds hath flung , then
Dark Egypt ' s wonder—Europe ' s problem— , The mighty pyramids were solved to men . Famed Babylon , girt by Euphrates' stream , No more a vision or a fable seem . Since thou amid the desert sand couldst trace The rains of her former dwelling place , Point where her stately walls and temples rose , entrance to her foes
Where the crush'd breach gave ; Lead to the spot , by perfect science known , Where rests her dark foundation ' s hidden stone . In favour'd Greece we need not language aid , Though Time , relentless , his rude hand hath laid To crush the triumphs of the Mason ' s skill—Fragments remain that breathe of glory still ; Relics whose beauties a bright shadow cast ,
And shed a halo round the mighty past . Felix ItaUa , - ^ land of the sunny clime , From Greece , Art progress'd in her course sublime , Glow'd in thy temples , crown'd imperial Rome , Thy breathing sculpture , and thy statel y dome . Where'er thy eagles' unelipt pinion soar'd Art rear'd the slirine—fair science was adored ; Julius
When Britain trembled at thy ' name , To that blest isle the welcome stranger came : So well the spirit loved the generous race , That isle hath been her chosen dwelling place . Long may fair science rear her temple there , Anglia ' s pride—her happy children ' s care , And pilgrim nations to the hallow'd shrine , fount its truth sublime
Quaff at the gushing . Darkness hath cover'd Egypt ' s sacred land ; Greece groan'd beneath a fierce barbarian ' s hand : Soon their dark cloud of night shall pass away , Then when shall dawn their brig hter nobler day ; Their ark of refuge from destruction ' s wave , Britain , restore the light Greece Egypt gave .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
The rush-thatch'd cot , the pile of unhewn stone , Raised by unaided , unskill ed strength alone , 'Till man , by favouring science onward led , Rear'd the proud turret ' s stately-crested head . Could language give thy mystic being tongue , Cast back the veil time o ' er thy deeds hath flung , then
Dark Egypt ' s wonder—Europe ' s problem— , The mighty pyramids were solved to men . Famed Babylon , girt by Euphrates' stream , No more a vision or a fable seem . Since thou amid the desert sand couldst trace The rains of her former dwelling place , Point where her stately walls and temples rose , entrance to her foes
Where the crush'd breach gave ; Lead to the spot , by perfect science known , Where rests her dark foundation ' s hidden stone . In favour'd Greece we need not language aid , Though Time , relentless , his rude hand hath laid To crush the triumphs of the Mason ' s skill—Fragments remain that breathe of glory still ; Relics whose beauties a bright shadow cast ,
And shed a halo round the mighty past . Felix ItaUa , - ^ land of the sunny clime , From Greece , Art progress'd in her course sublime , Glow'd in thy temples , crown'd imperial Rome , Thy breathing sculpture , and thy statel y dome . Where'er thy eagles' unelipt pinion soar'd Art rear'd the slirine—fair science was adored ; Julius
When Britain trembled at thy ' name , To that blest isle the welcome stranger came : So well the spirit loved the generous race , That isle hath been her chosen dwelling place . Long may fair science rear her temple there , Anglia ' s pride—her happy children ' s care , And pilgrim nations to the hallow'd shrine , fount its truth sublime
Quaff at the gushing . Darkness hath cover'd Egypt ' s sacred land ; Greece groan'd beneath a fierce barbarian ' s hand : Soon their dark cloud of night shall pass away , Then when shall dawn their brig hter nobler day ; Their ark of refuge from destruction ' s wave , Britain , restore the light Greece Egypt gave .