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A Poem, On The Freemasons' Magazine.
A POEM , ON THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
POETRY
.LONG had imperious Vice with tyrant hand , Spread devastation round our groaning land : From East to West the subtle poison throws , In all bell ' s dismal catalogue of woes ! Laughs at each effort to restrict her force ;
And bursts each barrier in her rapid course . With dire success , and proud exulting mein , Th' infernal empress triumph'd in our pain : When pitying heaven , to counteract her forgs , Sent down it's universal—best resource : Blest MASONRY 1—that never-failing cure , For all the ills a mortal can endure .
Heaven's favorite gift ! whose delegated might Can send the monster home to shades of night ; Can lay the roughest paths of nature even ; . And render life a temporary heaven !
Hail , sacred FRIENDSHIP —see your GENIUS rise Witii grace celestial in her mein and eyes ! To fair Britannia first displays her charms ; Then woo's Hibernia with expanded arms ; Her views extending—with capacious soul , She seems to grasp " from Indus to the Pole . " Here HONOR , LOVE , and J USTICE all agree , sacred bonds
In of heaven-born MASONRY To stem the torrents of corruption's tide ; And shake the basis of insulting pride . Long , long bound down by the usurper's chains , Lo ! lovely FRIENDSHIP , now . her throne regains , Attended by her noble sons she scorns The tyrant Vicc ~ -- \ x _ twice ten ' thousand forms .
—Deception now with jarring Discord cease ; And stern Injustice hides it ' s haggard face . Here , friends of- . VIRTUE- —here a friend you'll find , Unfolding each perfection of the mind : Here may the moralist explore the cause Why Vice still triumphs over VIRTUE ' S laws ,. K :
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A Poem, On The Freemasons' Magazine.
A POEM , ON THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
POETRY
.LONG had imperious Vice with tyrant hand , Spread devastation round our groaning land : From East to West the subtle poison throws , In all bell ' s dismal catalogue of woes ! Laughs at each effort to restrict her force ;
And bursts each barrier in her rapid course . With dire success , and proud exulting mein , Th' infernal empress triumph'd in our pain : When pitying heaven , to counteract her forgs , Sent down it's universal—best resource : Blest MASONRY 1—that never-failing cure , For all the ills a mortal can endure .
Heaven's favorite gift ! whose delegated might Can send the monster home to shades of night ; Can lay the roughest paths of nature even ; . And render life a temporary heaven !
Hail , sacred FRIENDSHIP —see your GENIUS rise Witii grace celestial in her mein and eyes ! To fair Britannia first displays her charms ; Then woo's Hibernia with expanded arms ; Her views extending—with capacious soul , She seems to grasp " from Indus to the Pole . " Here HONOR , LOVE , and J USTICE all agree , sacred bonds
In of heaven-born MASONRY To stem the torrents of corruption's tide ; And shake the basis of insulting pride . Long , long bound down by the usurper's chains , Lo ! lovely FRIENDSHIP , now . her throne regains , Attended by her noble sons she scorns The tyrant Vicc ~ -- \ x _ twice ten ' thousand forms .
—Deception now with jarring Discord cease ; And stern Injustice hides it ' s haggard face . Here , friends of- . VIRTUE- —here a friend you'll find , Unfolding each perfection of the mind : Here may the moralist explore the cause Why Vice still triumphs over VIRTUE ' S laws ,. K :