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Poetry.
POETRY .
AN IRREGULAR ODE' ' - ON THE MORAL PRINCIPLES OF MASONRY .
DESIGNED FOB TIIE CONSECRATION OF THE KING GEORGE'S LODGE * IN SUNDERLAND ; ON THE FOURTH BAY OF JUNE 177 8 ; BEING THE BIRTH-DAY OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD ,
' . ' BY J . CAWDELL , COMEDIAN .
CHORUS P-RIMO . fNOUND ! s - oiifid aloud 1 your instruments of joy ! ' jj ) Let-cheerful strains abound ! From pole , to pole resound ! . . . ' And may no hostile cares our social mirth annoy ? Raise , ' raise-the'voicc of harmony . all ' raise ! To hail this festive day
Your vocal strength display ! . . .... And charm the list ' ning world with jocund songs of pra-. se . k'lav this new Consecration thro' ages shine secure . \ . A . monument of Social Love , till time shall be no move . Ye powers ' persuasive now inspire My tongue with bold resistless fire 1 ^ Let sacred zeal combine 1 "><¦
May magic sweetness crown my lays * To sing alou'd Masbiiic praise , And urge a thenie divine ! May sii-elling numbers flow without controii ! . And all be music , extasy of soul . - . .. Confess'd unequal to the . tferiil . iihg task , touch the lyre so oft superior strung *
To Your candour , patieiice , justice bids me ask . And for a lab ' rihg' heart excuse a fault ' nng tongite . Behold a social train iii friendship ' s bands Assembled , cheerful ; eager to display " 'Their panting joy , to raise their willing hands , And hail triumphant this auspicious day I A day which Britons e ' er must hold divine : her wings 5
To sound its glories Fame expands This day selected for your fair design , Has lent our favour'd isle the best of K INGS . May Heaven , propitious , your endeavours Crown , Wliich , like the present . Virtue ' s . basis claim I May perfect Goodness here erect her throne , And coward "Vice be only known by name-. Vol . IV . C s
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
POETRY .
AN IRREGULAR ODE' ' - ON THE MORAL PRINCIPLES OF MASONRY .
DESIGNED FOB TIIE CONSECRATION OF THE KING GEORGE'S LODGE * IN SUNDERLAND ; ON THE FOURTH BAY OF JUNE 177 8 ; BEING THE BIRTH-DAY OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD ,
' . ' BY J . CAWDELL , COMEDIAN .
CHORUS P-RIMO . fNOUND ! s - oiifid aloud 1 your instruments of joy ! ' jj ) Let-cheerful strains abound ! From pole , to pole resound ! . . . ' And may no hostile cares our social mirth annoy ? Raise , ' raise-the'voicc of harmony . all ' raise ! To hail this festive day
Your vocal strength display ! . . .... And charm the list ' ning world with jocund songs of pra-. se . k'lav this new Consecration thro' ages shine secure . \ . A . monument of Social Love , till time shall be no move . Ye powers ' persuasive now inspire My tongue with bold resistless fire 1 ^ Let sacred zeal combine 1 "><¦
May magic sweetness crown my lays * To sing alou'd Masbiiic praise , And urge a thenie divine ! May sii-elling numbers flow without controii ! . And all be music , extasy of soul . - . .. Confess'd unequal to the . tferiil . iihg task , touch the lyre so oft superior strung *
To Your candour , patieiice , justice bids me ask . And for a lab ' rihg' heart excuse a fault ' nng tongite . Behold a social train iii friendship ' s bands Assembled , cheerful ; eager to display " 'Their panting joy , to raise their willing hands , And hail triumphant this auspicious day I A day which Britons e ' er must hold divine : her wings 5
To sound its glories Fame expands This day selected for your fair design , Has lent our favour'd isle the best of K INGS . May Heaven , propitious , your endeavours Crown , Wliich , like the present . Virtue ' s . basis claim I May perfect Goodness here erect her throne , And coward "Vice be only known by name-. Vol . IV . C s