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Poetry.
POETRY .
. PROLOGUE , SPOKEN BY BROTHER JOHN JACKSON , ESQ . * Afterwards P ATENTEE of the Theatre-Royal , EDINBURGH , BEFORE THE PLAY OF
THE RECRUITING OFFICER , BY DESIRE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST WORSHIPFUL 4 EARL OF ELGIN , GRAND M ASTER of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of FREE ani ACCEPTED MASONS , April 17 , 1762 , A . L . 5762 . WHEN GRAND MASTERAND GREAT LORD OF ALL ,
, Call'd up from Chaos this terrestrial ball , HE gave THE WORD , and swift o ' er eldest Night Beam'd the first dawning of celestial Light . CONFUSION heard HIS voice , and murm ' ring fled , "Whilst ORDER rul'd , andtriumph'd in its stead ; Discordant atoms rang'd from pole to pole , Forgot to jar , and PEACE possess'd the whole : The fiercest foes in mutual concord strove
, And all ( atonce ) was HARMONY and LOVE . I BY this example taught , FREEMASONS join , And full in sight pursue THE HEAVENLY SIGN . With LOVE ' S firm bands connected , hand in hand , On FRIENDSHIP ' S solid base secure we stand , "While Confidence and Trust , by turns imprest , Beam Heavenly Influence on each conscious breast . ¦ -.
No party feuds , no fierce intestine jars , No senseless tumults , no pernicious wars , Disturb our calm repose , where PEACE slone , In decent Order , fills the friendly Throne .
Can WISDOM ' S self a nobler method find To charm the soul , and harmonize mankind , Than jests like ours , who labour still to prove Vnblemisb'd TRUTH , firm FAITH and mutual LOVE ? A . nd Ye ( unconscious of ins . HEAVENLY RAY ) Who smile , perhaps , at what these numbers say , Confine the rash reproach , and , warn'd , forbear ' To spurn our Laws , because some Brothers err .
In NATURE ' S fairest products faults arise , But shall -we tbence all Harmony despise ? Or think creation's beauteous scheme undone , Because some specks appear upon tbe Sun ?
Impromptu,
IMPROMPTU ,
On its being said of a Person that be started at 'bis men Shadow . BY DR , PERFECT . THAT guilty villain starts with conscious fear , As Satan started at Ithuriel ' s spear . * In tb . e character of a Master Mason . Nn .
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Poetry.
POETRY .
. PROLOGUE , SPOKEN BY BROTHER JOHN JACKSON , ESQ . * Afterwards P ATENTEE of the Theatre-Royal , EDINBURGH , BEFORE THE PLAY OF
THE RECRUITING OFFICER , BY DESIRE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST WORSHIPFUL 4 EARL OF ELGIN , GRAND M ASTER of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of FREE ani ACCEPTED MASONS , April 17 , 1762 , A . L . 5762 . WHEN GRAND MASTERAND GREAT LORD OF ALL ,
, Call'd up from Chaos this terrestrial ball , HE gave THE WORD , and swift o ' er eldest Night Beam'd the first dawning of celestial Light . CONFUSION heard HIS voice , and murm ' ring fled , "Whilst ORDER rul'd , andtriumph'd in its stead ; Discordant atoms rang'd from pole to pole , Forgot to jar , and PEACE possess'd the whole : The fiercest foes in mutual concord strove
, And all ( atonce ) was HARMONY and LOVE . I BY this example taught , FREEMASONS join , And full in sight pursue THE HEAVENLY SIGN . With LOVE ' S firm bands connected , hand in hand , On FRIENDSHIP ' S solid base secure we stand , "While Confidence and Trust , by turns imprest , Beam Heavenly Influence on each conscious breast . ¦ -.
No party feuds , no fierce intestine jars , No senseless tumults , no pernicious wars , Disturb our calm repose , where PEACE slone , In decent Order , fills the friendly Throne .
Can WISDOM ' S self a nobler method find To charm the soul , and harmonize mankind , Than jests like ours , who labour still to prove Vnblemisb'd TRUTH , firm FAITH and mutual LOVE ? A . nd Ye ( unconscious of ins . HEAVENLY RAY ) Who smile , perhaps , at what these numbers say , Confine the rash reproach , and , warn'd , forbear ' To spurn our Laws , because some Brothers err .
In NATURE ' S fairest products faults arise , But shall -we tbence all Harmony despise ? Or think creation's beauteous scheme undone , Because some specks appear upon tbe Sun ?
Impromptu,
IMPROMPTU ,
On its being said of a Person that be started at 'bis men Shadow . BY DR , PERFECT . THAT guilty villain starts with conscious fear , As Satan started at Ithuriel ' s spear . * In tb . e character of a Master Mason . Nn .