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Poetry.
POETRY.
A MASONIC SONG ^
FIDELITY once had a fancy to rove , And therefore she quitted the Mansions above ; On Earth she arriv'd , but so long was her tour , Jove thought she intended returning no more . Then Merc ' ry was hasten'd in quest of the dame , And soon to this world of confusion he came ;
At Paris he stopp'd , and enquired by chance , But heard that Fidelity ne ' er was in France . The God then to Portugal next took his rout , In hopes that at Lisbon he mig ht find her out ; _ But there he was told she had mock'd Superstition , And left it for fear of the grand Inquisition .
Being thus disappointed , to Holland he flew , And strictly enquir'd of an eminent Jew ; When Mordecai readily told him thus much , Fidelity never was liked by the Dutch .
Arriving at London , he hasten'd to Court , Where numbers of little great men oft resort ; Who all stood anraz'd , " when he ask'd for the dame , And swore they had scarce ever heard of the name . To Westminster Hall next the God did repair ,
In hopes with Dame Justice she might be found there -. For both he enquir'd , when the Court answer'd thus , " The persons you mention , Sir , ne'er trouble us . " Then bending his course to the Cyprian grove , He civilly ask'd of the young God of Love ; The urchin reply'd , " Cou'd you think here to find her , " When I and my mother , you know , never mind her ?
" In one only p lace you can find her on earth , " The Seat of true Friendship , Love , Freedom , and Mirth : " To a Lodge of FREEMASONS then quickly repair , . " And you need not to doubt but you'll meet with her there , "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
POETRY.
A MASONIC SONG ^
FIDELITY once had a fancy to rove , And therefore she quitted the Mansions above ; On Earth she arriv'd , but so long was her tour , Jove thought she intended returning no more . Then Merc ' ry was hasten'd in quest of the dame , And soon to this world of confusion he came ;
At Paris he stopp'd , and enquired by chance , But heard that Fidelity ne ' er was in France . The God then to Portugal next took his rout , In hopes that at Lisbon he mig ht find her out ; _ But there he was told she had mock'd Superstition , And left it for fear of the grand Inquisition .
Being thus disappointed , to Holland he flew , And strictly enquir'd of an eminent Jew ; When Mordecai readily told him thus much , Fidelity never was liked by the Dutch .
Arriving at London , he hasten'd to Court , Where numbers of little great men oft resort ; Who all stood anraz'd , " when he ask'd for the dame , And swore they had scarce ever heard of the name . To Westminster Hall next the God did repair ,
In hopes with Dame Justice she might be found there -. For both he enquir'd , when the Court answer'd thus , " The persons you mention , Sir , ne'er trouble us . " Then bending his course to the Cyprian grove , He civilly ask'd of the young God of Love ; The urchin reply'd , " Cou'd you think here to find her , " When I and my mother , you know , never mind her ?
" In one only p lace you can find her on earth , " The Seat of true Friendship , Love , Freedom , and Mirth : " To a Lodge of FREEMASONS then quickly repair , . " And you need not to doubt but you'll meet with her there , "