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Parting.

But then , the loving one that ' s with me shared All joy aud sorrow through a chequer d way , As though by suffering we were more endear'd , Ne ' er tiresbut tends me both by niht

, g and day . If aught on earth in suff ' ring can sustain , And in surrounding gloom a brightness shed , 'Tis thus—to find the loved one e ' er remain , Though faint and weary , watching by

my bed . Oh , loving Lord , who dost two hearts inspire With thine own sympathy so deep and wide ; To Thee in fervent prayer our hearts aspire , That we who ' re one on earth , may one in heaven abide .

A Review.

A Review .

Moritun Salutamus . Poem b y H . W . Longfellow . We have already reviewed the little volume in which this striking poem is to be found ; but we have felt ever since we

first read it , how well it deserves the appreciation of our readers in the "Masonic Magazine , " as few poems , in our humble opinion , have been so true a specimen of genuine poetry , and more certainly have had more to commend them

to the tastes and sympathies of all ages and all classes . But we will let the poetry speak for itself , keeping before us those well chosen lines which Mr . Longfellow gives us as a motto to his happy verse , well known to some of

us" Tempora labuntur , tacitisque senescimns annis , Et fugiunt freno non remorante dies . " OLD OVID . Let us listen to the introduction : — . " ' 0 Ceasar , we who are about to die , Salute you ! ' was the gladiators' cry In the arena , standing face to face With death aud with the Roman populace . "

With bnt little waste of words the poet advances very properly " rem , " for , 1 ^ us bear in mind that this is a poem written and spoken for the fiftieth anniversary of the Class of 1875 , in Bowdoin Collet U . S .: — h '

" 0 ye familiar scenes , —ye groves of pine That once were mine and are no longer mine , — Thou river , widening through the meadows green To the vast sea , so near and yet unseen ,

Ye halls , in whose seclusion and repose Phantoms of fame , like exhalations , rose And vanished , —we who are to die Salute you ; earth and air and sea and sky , And the Imperial Sun that scatters down

His sovereign splendors upon grove and town . " And most true and touching is the apostrophe which follows : — " Ye do not answer us ! ye do not hear !

We are forgotten ; and in your austere And calm indifference , ye little care Whether we come or go , or whence or where .

What passing generations fill these halls What passing voices echo from these walls , Ye heed not ; we are only as the blast , A moment heard , and then forever past .

Not so the teachers who in earlier days Led our bewildered feet through learning ' s maze ; They answer us—alas . ' what have I said ? What greetings come there from the voiceless dead ? What salutation , welcome , or reply 1

What pressure from the hands that lifeless lie ? They are no longer here ; they all are gone Into the land of shadows , —all save one . Honor and reverence , and the good repute That follows faithful service as its fruit , Be unto him , whom living we salute . "

How very effecting are the following happy lines : — '' And ye who fill the places we once filled , And follow in the furrows that we tilled ,

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
PINE'S ENGRAVED LISTS OF LODGES. Article 2
A LIST OF REGULAR LODGES, Article 3
NOTES ON THE LIST OF A.D. 1734. Article 7
EXTRACTS FROM A MINUTE BOOK OF THE LAST CENTURY. Article 8
MUSING. Article 10
AN OLD, OLD STORY. Article 11
SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND THEIR PEACEFUL SOLUTION. Article 13
FREEMASONRY. Article 17
THE RAVENNA BAPTISTERY. Article 17
GERARD MONTAGU; Article 21
PARTING. Article 23
A Review. Article 24
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 27
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. Article 29
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 31
RECIPROCAL KINDNESS. Article 34
Our Archaological Corner. Article 35
THE STORY OF A LIFE. Article 35
FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 36
POETS' CORNER* Article 41
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 42
TAKEN BY BRIGANDS. Article 45
ADDRESS OF P.G.M. BRO. HON, RICHARD VAUX, AT CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN UNION LODGE. Article 46
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Parting.

But then , the loving one that ' s with me shared All joy aud sorrow through a chequer d way , As though by suffering we were more endear'd , Ne ' er tiresbut tends me both by niht

, g and day . If aught on earth in suff ' ring can sustain , And in surrounding gloom a brightness shed , 'Tis thus—to find the loved one e ' er remain , Though faint and weary , watching by

my bed . Oh , loving Lord , who dost two hearts inspire With thine own sympathy so deep and wide ; To Thee in fervent prayer our hearts aspire , That we who ' re one on earth , may one in heaven abide .

A Review.

A Review .

Moritun Salutamus . Poem b y H . W . Longfellow . We have already reviewed the little volume in which this striking poem is to be found ; but we have felt ever since we

first read it , how well it deserves the appreciation of our readers in the "Masonic Magazine , " as few poems , in our humble opinion , have been so true a specimen of genuine poetry , and more certainly have had more to commend them

to the tastes and sympathies of all ages and all classes . But we will let the poetry speak for itself , keeping before us those well chosen lines which Mr . Longfellow gives us as a motto to his happy verse , well known to some of

us" Tempora labuntur , tacitisque senescimns annis , Et fugiunt freno non remorante dies . " OLD OVID . Let us listen to the introduction : — . " ' 0 Ceasar , we who are about to die , Salute you ! ' was the gladiators' cry In the arena , standing face to face With death aud with the Roman populace . "

With bnt little waste of words the poet advances very properly " rem , " for , 1 ^ us bear in mind that this is a poem written and spoken for the fiftieth anniversary of the Class of 1875 , in Bowdoin Collet U . S .: — h '

" 0 ye familiar scenes , —ye groves of pine That once were mine and are no longer mine , — Thou river , widening through the meadows green To the vast sea , so near and yet unseen ,

Ye halls , in whose seclusion and repose Phantoms of fame , like exhalations , rose And vanished , —we who are to die Salute you ; earth and air and sea and sky , And the Imperial Sun that scatters down

His sovereign splendors upon grove and town . " And most true and touching is the apostrophe which follows : — " Ye do not answer us ! ye do not hear !

We are forgotten ; and in your austere And calm indifference , ye little care Whether we come or go , or whence or where .

What passing generations fill these halls What passing voices echo from these walls , Ye heed not ; we are only as the blast , A moment heard , and then forever past .

Not so the teachers who in earlier days Led our bewildered feet through learning ' s maze ; They answer us—alas . ' what have I said ? What greetings come there from the voiceless dead ? What salutation , welcome , or reply 1

What pressure from the hands that lifeless lie ? They are no longer here ; they all are gone Into the land of shadows , —all save one . Honor and reverence , and the good repute That follows faithful service as its fruit , Be unto him , whom living we salute . "

How very effecting are the following happy lines : — '' And ye who fill the places we once filled , And follow in the furrows that we tilled ,

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