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Poetry.
POETRY .
A GLEE . SUNG AT THE SOMERSET-HOUSE LODGE OF FREEMASONS , WIUTTE . V BV C . DYEH . SET TO MUSIC BY K . SPOFFOHTH .
LIGHTLY o ' er the village green Blue-eyed Fairies sport unseen , Round and round , in circles gay > Then at cock-crow flit away : Thus , ' tis said , tho' Mortal eye Ne ' er their merry freaks could spy . Elves for Mortals lisp the pray ' rof the Fair
Elves are Guardians ; Thus , like Elves , in mystic ring > Merry Masons drink and sing . Come , then , Brothers , lead along Social Rites and mystic Song !
Tho' nor Madam , Miss , or Bess Co-old onr Myst ' ries ever guess , Nor could ever learn'd Divine Sacred Masonry define , Round our Order close we bind Laws of Love to all mankind ! Thuslike Elvesin mystic ring .
, , Merry Masons drink and sing . Health , then , to each Honest Man , Friend to the Masonic plan I Leaving Parsons grave to blunder . Leaving Ladies fair to wonder
. , Leaving THOMAS still to lie , Leaving BETTY still to spy , Round and round we push our glass- ^ Round and round each toasts his Lass s Thus , like Elves , in mystic ring , Merry Masons drink and sing ,
TOL , vn , 5 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
POETRY .
A GLEE . SUNG AT THE SOMERSET-HOUSE LODGE OF FREEMASONS , WIUTTE . V BV C . DYEH . SET TO MUSIC BY K . SPOFFOHTH .
LIGHTLY o ' er the village green Blue-eyed Fairies sport unseen , Round and round , in circles gay > Then at cock-crow flit away : Thus , ' tis said , tho' Mortal eye Ne ' er their merry freaks could spy . Elves for Mortals lisp the pray ' rof the Fair
Elves are Guardians ; Thus , like Elves , in mystic ring > Merry Masons drink and sing . Come , then , Brothers , lead along Social Rites and mystic Song !
Tho' nor Madam , Miss , or Bess Co-old onr Myst ' ries ever guess , Nor could ever learn'd Divine Sacred Masonry define , Round our Order close we bind Laws of Love to all mankind ! Thuslike Elvesin mystic ring .
, , Merry Masons drink and sing . Health , then , to each Honest Man , Friend to the Masonic plan I Leaving Parsons grave to blunder . Leaving Ladies fair to wonder
. , Leaving THOMAS still to lie , Leaving BETTY still to spy , Round and round we push our glass- ^ Round and round each toasts his Lass s Thus , like Elves , in mystic ring , Merry Masons drink and sing ,
TOL , vn , 5 .