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Article THE SONGS OF MASONRY. ← Page 10 of 13 →
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The Songs Of Masonry.
All hail , great Architect divine ! This universal frame is thine . " " Thou , who didst Persia's king command , A proclamation to extend , That Israel ' s sons mig ht quit his land , Their holy temple to attend .
' That sacred place , where three in one Comprised thy comprehensive name ; And where the bright meridian sun Was soon thy g lory to proclaim . " Thy watchful eye , a length of time , The wond ' rous circle did attend , The glory and the power be thine , Which shall from age to age descend .
" On thy omnipotence we rest , Secure of thy protection here ; And hope hereafter to be blest , When we have left this world of care . " Grant us , great God , thy powerful -aid To guide us through this vale of tears ; where th goodness is display'd
For y , Peace sooths the mind , and pleasure cheers . " Inspire us with thy grace divine , Thy sacred law our guide shall be ; To every good our hearts incline , From every evil keep us free . "
Freemasonry does not embark the character of its poetry on the false bottom of its convivial songs ; which however are not very numerous , compared with those that treat of science , morality , and philosophy . Some of them are of an exciting strain under circumstances which cannot be publicly explained ; and others possess many characteristics ol great value to the Craft , though their poetic claims may not appear to reach mediocrity . , , . that the of the above had not
It must be further remarked poetry age attained the high grade which has distinguished it in more modern times . Scott and Southey , Wordsworth , Coleridge ancl Byron have given a new character to the art , which would astonish Pope , Dryden , Johnson , and the rest of the tame though stately and harmonious poets of the English Augustan age , not excepting the chaste and elegant rise from their and the works of
Goldsmith , could they graves peruse this new and improved school . Ancl not only would they be astonished , but offended at those imaginative flights of vigorous genius , soaring , out of all rule , into the world of fancy , and developing all the minute springs and hidden movements of the human soul , whicli are exhibited m the poetry of the present era . . , . _ We will now proceed somewhat higher m the scale ; for tlieie is m irit unworldland sublimethat it has ever been used
poetry a vital spso y , by Masons as a vehicle of instruction which makes its way directly to the heart . In estimating the poetry of Masonry there is unfor unately , from an indisposition in our ancient Brethren to commit their thoughts to writing on Masonic subjects , an amari a / tyi-M-much sublime matter
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Songs Of Masonry.
All hail , great Architect divine ! This universal frame is thine . " " Thou , who didst Persia's king command , A proclamation to extend , That Israel ' s sons mig ht quit his land , Their holy temple to attend .
' That sacred place , where three in one Comprised thy comprehensive name ; And where the bright meridian sun Was soon thy g lory to proclaim . " Thy watchful eye , a length of time , The wond ' rous circle did attend , The glory and the power be thine , Which shall from age to age descend .
" On thy omnipotence we rest , Secure of thy protection here ; And hope hereafter to be blest , When we have left this world of care . " Grant us , great God , thy powerful -aid To guide us through this vale of tears ; where th goodness is display'd
For y , Peace sooths the mind , and pleasure cheers . " Inspire us with thy grace divine , Thy sacred law our guide shall be ; To every good our hearts incline , From every evil keep us free . "
Freemasonry does not embark the character of its poetry on the false bottom of its convivial songs ; which however are not very numerous , compared with those that treat of science , morality , and philosophy . Some of them are of an exciting strain under circumstances which cannot be publicly explained ; and others possess many characteristics ol great value to the Craft , though their poetic claims may not appear to reach mediocrity . , , . that the of the above had not
It must be further remarked poetry age attained the high grade which has distinguished it in more modern times . Scott and Southey , Wordsworth , Coleridge ancl Byron have given a new character to the art , which would astonish Pope , Dryden , Johnson , and the rest of the tame though stately and harmonious poets of the English Augustan age , not excepting the chaste and elegant rise from their and the works of
Goldsmith , could they graves peruse this new and improved school . Ancl not only would they be astonished , but offended at those imaginative flights of vigorous genius , soaring , out of all rule , into the world of fancy , and developing all the minute springs and hidden movements of the human soul , whicli are exhibited m the poetry of the present era . . , . _ We will now proceed somewhat higher m the scale ; for tlieie is m irit unworldland sublimethat it has ever been used
poetry a vital spso y , by Masons as a vehicle of instruction which makes its way directly to the heart . In estimating the poetry of Masonry there is unfor unately , from an indisposition in our ancient Brethren to commit their thoughts to writing on Masonic subjects , an amari a / tyi-M-much sublime matter