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Provincial.
The pavement's tesselated border viexv , Or mark the graceful frieze , xvith silver hue , * Let then your captivated sense admire The sable cloister , or the pointed spire ; The hollow niche , or venerable dome , Tlie grand piazza , or the silent tomb ; The ancient fathers' dedicated saint ; The xvindowsmatchless
variegated ' paint . Seek then , -what ' s lost—by Masonry unfold The faithful records xvhich the archives hold . Within our reach each useful art xve bring , When borne on faithful hope ' s o'erspreading xving ; Soon shall the mind's mysterious glass point out The deep intrenchment , or the strong redoubt ; Tlie rising tui-retor the enfilade
, , The careful watchword , and the night parade ; The sloping rampart , and the horrid steep , The xvide o ' erxvhelming moat , immensely deep ; The guarded loop-hole , or defensive mound , The shaded valley , or the rising ground . Here , then , xve stop , and moralize the whole , T' enrich the mind , and elevate the soul ;
JSTo prejudices here xve ever know , And merit is alike in high or low . A sentimental concord xve display , The rising temple of religion's sway ; Each sober tongue the sacred truth conveys , While virtue to the xvorld its xvorth displays . Man ' s tutor'd mind , with gratitude array'd , More rich will shine , by bless'd Masonic aid ;
Adorning emblems beautify the heart , Deriving succour from the royal art ; Tlie stately edifice oi faith xvill rise , When hope shall lift you to the azure skies ; Soon shall soft charity her temple form , To shield the xvretched from the raging storm : AA'hile strong redoubts her gen ' rous train xvill plant , To shelter povertfrom pining xvant .
y Thus wisdom shall the happy column grace , While strength and " beauty form its modest base ; Brotherly love , relief , and truth serene , Shall then adorn and beautify the scene . Seclusive , in their dormitory cell , The triple graces never wish to dxvell But by gradations , moving into form , Teach man his duty xvisely to perform .
I trust , hereafter , to point out the connection between Gothic art and Catholic symbolism , and the Masonic symbols employed by those mysterious architects , who , formed into gudds , regularly organized and governed , traveUed from country to country , rearing structures , many of which defy fche ingenuity of modern geometricians to solve the problem of their construction . I xvillhowever
, , quote a remarkable passage on this " lixdng morality of stone , " from a writer , no less great as an historian than energetic in his enthusiasm for Masonry . N 2
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Provincial.
The pavement's tesselated border viexv , Or mark the graceful frieze , xvith silver hue , * Let then your captivated sense admire The sable cloister , or the pointed spire ; The hollow niche , or venerable dome , Tlie grand piazza , or the silent tomb ; The ancient fathers' dedicated saint ; The xvindowsmatchless
variegated ' paint . Seek then , -what ' s lost—by Masonry unfold The faithful records xvhich the archives hold . Within our reach each useful art xve bring , When borne on faithful hope ' s o'erspreading xving ; Soon shall the mind's mysterious glass point out The deep intrenchment , or the strong redoubt ; Tlie rising tui-retor the enfilade
, , The careful watchword , and the night parade ; The sloping rampart , and the horrid steep , The xvide o ' erxvhelming moat , immensely deep ; The guarded loop-hole , or defensive mound , The shaded valley , or the rising ground . Here , then , xve stop , and moralize the whole , T' enrich the mind , and elevate the soul ;
JSTo prejudices here xve ever know , And merit is alike in high or low . A sentimental concord xve display , The rising temple of religion's sway ; Each sober tongue the sacred truth conveys , While virtue to the xvorld its xvorth displays . Man ' s tutor'd mind , with gratitude array'd , More rich will shine , by bless'd Masonic aid ;
Adorning emblems beautify the heart , Deriving succour from the royal art ; Tlie stately edifice oi faith xvill rise , When hope shall lift you to the azure skies ; Soon shall soft charity her temple form , To shield the xvretched from the raging storm : AA'hile strong redoubts her gen ' rous train xvill plant , To shelter povertfrom pining xvant .
y Thus wisdom shall the happy column grace , While strength and " beauty form its modest base ; Brotherly love , relief , and truth serene , Shall then adorn and beautify the scene . Seclusive , in their dormitory cell , The triple graces never wish to dxvell But by gradations , moving into form , Teach man his duty xvisely to perform .
I trust , hereafter , to point out the connection between Gothic art and Catholic symbolism , and the Masonic symbols employed by those mysterious architects , who , formed into gudds , regularly organized and governed , traveUed from country to country , rearing structures , many of which defy fche ingenuity of modern geometricians to solve the problem of their construction . I xvillhowever
, , quote a remarkable passage on this " lixdng morality of stone , " from a writer , no less great as an historian than energetic in his enthusiasm for Masonry . N 2