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Song.
The signal given , we all prepare , With one accord obey the word , To work by rule or square : Or if they please , the ladder raise , . Or plumb the level line ; Thus we employ our time with joy , Attending every sign .
But when the glass goes round , Then mirth and glee abound , We're all happy to a man ; We laugh a little , and drink a little , We work a little , and play a little , We sing a little , are merry a little , And swig the flowing can .
Th' Almi ghty said , " Let there be li ght , " Efful gent rays appearing , Dispell'd the gloom , the glory bright To this new world was cheering : But unto Masonry alone , Another li ght , so clear and bri ght , In mystic rays then shone ;
From east to west it spread so fast , And Faith and Hope unfurl'd , And brought us thee , sweet Charity , Thou darling of the world . Then while the toast goes round , Let mirth' and glee abound , Let's be happy to a man ;
We'll laugh a little , and drink a little , We'll work a little , and play a little , We'll sing a little , be merry a little . And swig the flowing can . J . BISSET , Steward of St . Alban ' s Lodge , and Provincial G , S . for the County of Warwick . BIRMINGHAM , Dec . 23 d , 1703 .
Myra.
MYRA .
BY MRS . ROBINSON . VV HEN MYRA bloom'd at gay fifteen , Mankind proclaim'd her Beauty ' s Queen , And every heart ador'd her ! Now MYRA trembles at threescore , The barb ' rous sex , alas ! no more
A single glance afford her ! Now Slander occupies her hours , And Spleen her wither'd form devours , Of envious fate complaining ! 'Tis THUS we see a ROSE decay , And all its beauties fade away , The Tiioi- * ,- alone rcmaininc !
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Song.
The signal given , we all prepare , With one accord obey the word , To work by rule or square : Or if they please , the ladder raise , . Or plumb the level line ; Thus we employ our time with joy , Attending every sign .
But when the glass goes round , Then mirth and glee abound , We're all happy to a man ; We laugh a little , and drink a little , We work a little , and play a little , We sing a little , are merry a little , And swig the flowing can .
Th' Almi ghty said , " Let there be li ght , " Efful gent rays appearing , Dispell'd the gloom , the glory bright To this new world was cheering : But unto Masonry alone , Another li ght , so clear and bri ght , In mystic rays then shone ;
From east to west it spread so fast , And Faith and Hope unfurl'd , And brought us thee , sweet Charity , Thou darling of the world . Then while the toast goes round , Let mirth' and glee abound , Let's be happy to a man ;
We'll laugh a little , and drink a little , We'll work a little , and play a little , We'll sing a little , be merry a little . And swig the flowing can . J . BISSET , Steward of St . Alban ' s Lodge , and Provincial G , S . for the County of Warwick . BIRMINGHAM , Dec . 23 d , 1703 .
Myra.
MYRA .
BY MRS . ROBINSON . VV HEN MYRA bloom'd at gay fifteen , Mankind proclaim'd her Beauty ' s Queen , And every heart ador'd her ! Now MYRA trembles at threescore , The barb ' rous sex , alas ! no more
A single glance afford her ! Now Slander occupies her hours , And Spleen her wither'd form devours , Of envious fate complaining ! 'Tis THUS we see a ROSE decay , And all its beauties fade away , The Tiioi- * ,- alone rcmaininc !