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Poetry.
POETRY .
M ^ T ^ ar ^ rMi- ^^ tvnfMcniwij-f-n-itnj *^^ .--. ^—*^ ^ . _ r *~^^^ ^?^^^ r lT-nir--T *~' -- ~ - ™ - < - i n t n . » iin- 'rri - " — - " — - — C ^ LL ro REFRESHMENT . ** xBBtrBemajygnTaaaGBi , i i' ¦ m . u a ¦
Tune : Contented I am , y <* . Tbe Words hy Brother SvAXfiztD . VTR AVE bus ' ness being clos'd—and a call from the south—The bowl of refreshment we drain : Yet e ' en o'er our wine we reject servile sloth ,
And our rites ' midst our glasses retain . My brave boys , & c . With loyalty bri ghten'd , we first toast the KINGMay his splendour and virtues entwine!—And , to honour his name , how we make ' the Lodge ring , When the KING AND THE CRAFT we combine . May the SON ' polish'd graces improve on the Sire—» May the arts flourish fair from his smile—And long our . GRAND MASTER , with wisdom and fire , Give beauty and strength to the pile !
As lhe ruby-lip'd wine its soft spirit imparts , Louder strains and fresh ardours abound : "What aglow of true pleasure enlivens our hearts , When our honour '*! PROVINCIAL goes round . The ABSENT we claim , tho' DISPERS ' round the ball—' The SILENT AND SECRETour
friends—, And one HONOUR ' D GUEST , at our magical call , From the grave of concealment ascends . Immortal the strain , and thrice-awful the hand , That our rites and libations controuls ; Like the sons of" Olympus , ' midst thunders we stand , And with mysteries ennoble our bowls .
What a circle appears , when tire border entwines—< How grapple the links to each soul 1 5 Tis the Zodiac of friendship embellish'd with SlGNS , And ilium'd by the STAR in the pole . Thus cemented by laws , unseen and unknown , The universe hangs out its frame : And ,- thus secretly bound , shall our structure be shewn * Till Creation shall be but a name ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
POETRY .
M ^ T ^ ar ^ rMi- ^^ tvnfMcniwij-f-n-itnj *^^ .--. ^—*^ ^ . _ r *~^^^ ^?^^^ r lT-nir--T *~' -- ~ - ™ - < - i n t n . » iin- 'rri - " — - " — - — C ^ LL ro REFRESHMENT . ** xBBtrBemajygnTaaaGBi , i i' ¦ m . u a ¦
Tune : Contented I am , y <* . Tbe Words hy Brother SvAXfiztD . VTR AVE bus ' ness being clos'd—and a call from the south—The bowl of refreshment we drain : Yet e ' en o'er our wine we reject servile sloth ,
And our rites ' midst our glasses retain . My brave boys , & c . With loyalty bri ghten'd , we first toast the KINGMay his splendour and virtues entwine!—And , to honour his name , how we make ' the Lodge ring , When the KING AND THE CRAFT we combine . May the SON ' polish'd graces improve on the Sire—» May the arts flourish fair from his smile—And long our . GRAND MASTER , with wisdom and fire , Give beauty and strength to the pile !
As lhe ruby-lip'd wine its soft spirit imparts , Louder strains and fresh ardours abound : "What aglow of true pleasure enlivens our hearts , When our honour '*! PROVINCIAL goes round . The ABSENT we claim , tho' DISPERS ' round the ball—' The SILENT AND SECRETour
friends—, And one HONOUR ' D GUEST , at our magical call , From the grave of concealment ascends . Immortal the strain , and thrice-awful the hand , That our rites and libations controuls ; Like the sons of" Olympus , ' midst thunders we stand , And with mysteries ennoble our bowls .
What a circle appears , when tire border entwines—< How grapple the links to each soul 1 5 Tis the Zodiac of friendship embellish'd with SlGNS , And ilium'd by the STAR in the pole . Thus cemented by laws , unseen and unknown , The universe hangs out its frame : And ,- thus secretly bound , shall our structure be shewn * Till Creation shall be but a name ,