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A Pcean.
There have they to the echo lauded th y name , And sang forth thy praises in " welcomes " Wherever thou hast set thy foot . Orations and songs of triumph hath saluted thee
And made thy labours pleasurable , And thy toils clusters of sweetness , For no bitterness compassed the thoughts of men , But gladsoineness was o ' er all bestrewed . The lengthened ways , passed o ' er and trodden .
Became one round and series of joy and delight , 'Twas grandeur of splendour , 'twas revelling In the luxuriousness of peace and plenty , Such the richness of exalted esteem and confidence .
'Twas loyalty in supremacy acknowledged . Enslirin'd thy face and form is become , And whether seen under the shadow of England Or of distant climes , or lands near to home , All have laden thee with warmest enthusiasm , E'en ' mongst races , who know not thy God . —
These have honor'd thee in the bond of brotherhood , " For one touch of Nature maketh all the world a kin . " And under this sign strong manifestations Were made in homage and obeisance . Where is the register ? in this world ' s story
That hath indexed such triumphal doings , But 'tis accounted for , thy heart was rightly set And 'twas crowned by the heritage of sood 11 art will , Which ever kindleth feelings of attachment ,
And barbarians become pliant- under it . The acts of courtesy paid thee were not servile , Nor were they in form and shape of slavery , Neither the humility of subjugation , Neither in that of conquered fear'Twas thetone of adulation , suited to thefree , Free as the sun ' s rays that played around thee .
The applause rendered hath been of the heart , Such that free men alone can offer . Then hath it the garb of hallow'd affection , And is without guile and awarded only to those
One desireth to estimate in truthfulness , And this on the dial of time hath been marked ! Does the past in age of hoariness index such gatherings 1 Can the finger of medieval time and chivalary
Show the page where the like gorgeous splendours hath date 1 And such honours hath many peoples heaped upon one head ! That head , our Chief , our Masonic Grand Master .
Nations and tribes in goodly fellowship Have striven to outstep each other in exultation , And devotion . without fear , not in fear But in that of heart love , e ' en to
veneration . What a tribute of respect to old Albion , And to her sons , and to thy kindred . In all thy wanderings , thou wert' watched o ' er By the providence of " our great Architect , " And veritable graciousness of attention paid
thee , And the unseen guardianship from all evil Did protect and kept thee in life , For thou wer ' t precious to thine own , at home . Again thou art the people ' s choiceEngland's
, elect ; And their hope , ' cause thine heart is free of guile , No sinister imaginings sit on th y thoughts , Being" free , free-born , born of the land of the free .
Therefore all nations and mankind love thee . Thoii j art unshackell'd , not fettered by dominance , For a free soul requireth no confessor . Amongst a strange people in a far oil country
Begirt with confidence , thou wentest not In the symbol of arrogance and pride , Neither in the spirit of a conqueror by blood . Thy car was called charity , sweetest of attributes
, Clenched by the honest grip of true friendship . This best of motives led thee in thy desires To that of seeing " practised unto others truth . " Herein thou didst well , thy reward is sure ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Pcean.
There have they to the echo lauded th y name , And sang forth thy praises in " welcomes " Wherever thou hast set thy foot . Orations and songs of triumph hath saluted thee
And made thy labours pleasurable , And thy toils clusters of sweetness , For no bitterness compassed the thoughts of men , But gladsoineness was o ' er all bestrewed . The lengthened ways , passed o ' er and trodden .
Became one round and series of joy and delight , 'Twas grandeur of splendour , 'twas revelling In the luxuriousness of peace and plenty , Such the richness of exalted esteem and confidence .
'Twas loyalty in supremacy acknowledged . Enslirin'd thy face and form is become , And whether seen under the shadow of England Or of distant climes , or lands near to home , All have laden thee with warmest enthusiasm , E'en ' mongst races , who know not thy God . —
These have honor'd thee in the bond of brotherhood , " For one touch of Nature maketh all the world a kin . " And under this sign strong manifestations Were made in homage and obeisance . Where is the register ? in this world ' s story
That hath indexed such triumphal doings , But 'tis accounted for , thy heart was rightly set And 'twas crowned by the heritage of sood 11 art will , Which ever kindleth feelings of attachment ,
And barbarians become pliant- under it . The acts of courtesy paid thee were not servile , Nor were they in form and shape of slavery , Neither the humility of subjugation , Neither in that of conquered fear'Twas thetone of adulation , suited to thefree , Free as the sun ' s rays that played around thee .
The applause rendered hath been of the heart , Such that free men alone can offer . Then hath it the garb of hallow'd affection , And is without guile and awarded only to those
One desireth to estimate in truthfulness , And this on the dial of time hath been marked ! Does the past in age of hoariness index such gatherings 1 Can the finger of medieval time and chivalary
Show the page where the like gorgeous splendours hath date 1 And such honours hath many peoples heaped upon one head ! That head , our Chief , our Masonic Grand Master .
Nations and tribes in goodly fellowship Have striven to outstep each other in exultation , And devotion . without fear , not in fear But in that of heart love , e ' en to
veneration . What a tribute of respect to old Albion , And to her sons , and to thy kindred . In all thy wanderings , thou wert' watched o ' er By the providence of " our great Architect , " And veritable graciousness of attention paid
thee , And the unseen guardianship from all evil Did protect and kept thee in life , For thou wer ' t precious to thine own , at home . Again thou art the people ' s choiceEngland's
, elect ; And their hope , ' cause thine heart is free of guile , No sinister imaginings sit on th y thoughts , Being" free , free-born , born of the land of the free .
Therefore all nations and mankind love thee . Thoii j art unshackell'd , not fettered by dominance , For a free soul requireth no confessor . Amongst a strange people in a far oil country
Begirt with confidence , thou wentest not In the symbol of arrogance and pride , Neither in the spirit of a conqueror by blood . Thy car was called charity , sweetest of attributes
, Clenched by the honest grip of true friendship . This best of motives led thee in thy desires To that of seeing " practised unto others truth . " Herein thou didst well , thy reward is sure ,