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I love to hear a Avise man speak With all his learned lore ; 1 love the simple songs oft sung Beside , the cottage door ; To me 'the meanest floAver that MOAVS ' Is beautiful to see
, But art , bi all its varied forms , Is still beloved by me . . I love tbe good , the just , tho true , Kb matter great or small , But most the maid Avho lovetb mo
I love the best of all . " " Sunset" seems also to merit notice , as it is alike touching and true :
"SUNSET . . Sunset in tbe floAvery dale , Sunset in the silvery bay , Evenbig spreads her ebon veil , Darker sbadoAvs round us play ; SloAAdy o ' er the distant scene Falls the glorious setting sun ; Who can tell what he bath seen Since tbe busy day begun 1
Sunset in the golden west ; Steeped bi dew each flowret Aveeps ; 'Tis the sacred hour of rest , Labour ends ancl sorrow sleeps ; Calm and blessed are the hours , 'When the busy day is clone ; Sleep and SAveet repose be ours
, Tranquil as yon setting sun . " We might make many more extracts from his general poems , but Ave stop hero , bro . Carpenter ' s Masonic Poems are also well known , but we think it well to give a specimen of them , to remind our brethren of then' pleasantness and reality :
"SYMBOL AND SIGN . Believe me if every strange symbol ancl sign Which AVO gazed on so fondly to-night Convey'd not some moral , some lesson divine , We would banish them all from our sight :
As they ever have been , may they still be adored , Though the Avorld un-masonic condemn , While to us they such precepts of virtue afford Or our actions are govern'd by them . 'Tis not the mere form of the compass and square
That to us does such rapture impart ; No ! 'tis the deep moral inculcated there That is stamped on each Freemason's heart .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews.
I love to hear a Avise man speak With all his learned lore ; 1 love the simple songs oft sung Beside , the cottage door ; To me 'the meanest floAver that MOAVS ' Is beautiful to see
, But art , bi all its varied forms , Is still beloved by me . . I love tbe good , the just , tho true , Kb matter great or small , But most the maid Avho lovetb mo
I love the best of all . " " Sunset" seems also to merit notice , as it is alike touching and true :
"SUNSET . . Sunset in tbe floAvery dale , Sunset in the silvery bay , Evenbig spreads her ebon veil , Darker sbadoAvs round us play ; SloAAdy o ' er the distant scene Falls the glorious setting sun ; Who can tell what he bath seen Since tbe busy day begun 1
Sunset in the golden west ; Steeped bi dew each flowret Aveeps ; 'Tis the sacred hour of rest , Labour ends ancl sorrow sleeps ; Calm and blessed are the hours , 'When the busy day is clone ; Sleep and SAveet repose be ours
, Tranquil as yon setting sun . " We might make many more extracts from his general poems , but Ave stop hero , bro . Carpenter ' s Masonic Poems are also well known , but we think it well to give a specimen of them , to remind our brethren of then' pleasantness and reality :
"SYMBOL AND SIGN . Believe me if every strange symbol ancl sign Which AVO gazed on so fondly to-night Convey'd not some moral , some lesson divine , We would banish them all from our sight :
As they ever have been , may they still be adored , Though the Avorld un-masonic condemn , While to us they such precepts of virtue afford Or our actions are govern'd by them . 'Tis not the mere form of the compass and square
That to us does such rapture impart ; No ! 'tis the deep moral inculcated there That is stamped on each Freemason's heart .