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Stanzas On Masonry.
STANZAS ON MASONRY .
[ . TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH . !
SHALL Envy ' s tongue , with slander foul , My brothers , brand our race august , Incessant shall the fury howl , Licking black venom from the dust ? . No , tis too much these ranc ' rous taints to bear : Rise , generous Muse I our spotless fame To the wide world aloud proclaim , And freely what a Mason is declare .
In virtue clear we court the light , Rever'd the more , the more we ' re known ; And fain the Muse would here incite Each wort ' iy man the name to own . Let the Freemason , then , to all appear : Behold the man each prince admires , Behold the friend-each man desires ,
For ever loyal , zealous , and sincere . Fair Liberty , with Orc ' er bland , And radiant Pleasure , lov'd so well , With Temp ' rance sage , in seemly band , Within our walls for ever dwell . From vulgar eyes our pleasures tho' we screen ,. Yet rigorous laws our acts restrain : Remorse or anguish ne ' er can pain The Mason ' s breast , nor cloud his mind serene .
The constant aim of all our plans Is to restore Astrea ' s reign ; That awful Truth may guard our lands , While hateful Guile shall prowl in vain . JJnch lonely path with structures we adorn , And all the buildings which we raise Are temples that the Virtues grace ,
Or prisons close for the foul Vices form . While thus to man our praise I sing , Let not the softer sex repine , Nor angry charge against us bring-, , That we their favours dare decline . If from their steps our sanctuaries we guard , When they the reason just shall know ,
Resentment they can never show , But rather with due praise our caution will reward . Resplendent sex ! in whom combine Each brilliant charm , each tendir grace , With awe we bow before your shrine , But still we fear you while we praise ; For in our earliest lesson is it said , If Adam had but once withstood From female charms what seem'd so good , feature each man , most sure , a Mason would have made »
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Stanzas On Masonry.
STANZAS ON MASONRY .
[ . TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH . !
SHALL Envy ' s tongue , with slander foul , My brothers , brand our race august , Incessant shall the fury howl , Licking black venom from the dust ? . No , tis too much these ranc ' rous taints to bear : Rise , generous Muse I our spotless fame To the wide world aloud proclaim , And freely what a Mason is declare .
In virtue clear we court the light , Rever'd the more , the more we ' re known ; And fain the Muse would here incite Each wort ' iy man the name to own . Let the Freemason , then , to all appear : Behold the man each prince admires , Behold the friend-each man desires ,
For ever loyal , zealous , and sincere . Fair Liberty , with Orc ' er bland , And radiant Pleasure , lov'd so well , With Temp ' rance sage , in seemly band , Within our walls for ever dwell . From vulgar eyes our pleasures tho' we screen ,. Yet rigorous laws our acts restrain : Remorse or anguish ne ' er can pain The Mason ' s breast , nor cloud his mind serene .
The constant aim of all our plans Is to restore Astrea ' s reign ; That awful Truth may guard our lands , While hateful Guile shall prowl in vain . JJnch lonely path with structures we adorn , And all the buildings which we raise Are temples that the Virtues grace ,
Or prisons close for the foul Vices form . While thus to man our praise I sing , Let not the softer sex repine , Nor angry charge against us bring-, , That we their favours dare decline . If from their steps our sanctuaries we guard , When they the reason just shall know ,
Resentment they can never show , But rather with due praise our caution will reward . Resplendent sex ! in whom combine Each brilliant charm , each tendir grace , With awe we bow before your shrine , But still we fear you while we praise ; For in our earliest lesson is it said , If Adam had but once withstood From female charms what seem'd so good , feature each man , most sure , a Mason would have made »