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On Freemasonry.
Palmyra ' s city—Balbec ' s lofty shrine , Proclaim , as architects , our Craft divine . Nor was the MASON ' art to these confined , Its rays shed light and knowledge o ' er the mind : LANGUAGE ! the first , the noblest gift to man ,
No longer rough in half-form'd accents ran , But soon in polish'd verse was taught to flow—Now sportive wild , or musically slow ; Religion ' s aid—which lifts the soul to heaven ; Music—to man , by MASONS first was given ;
Each infant art was in our Lodges taught : The ancient Craft , by noblest impulse fraught , Sought to improve mankind—let hist ' ry ' s page
Record our wonders in Time ' s earlier age . Witness the pyramid—the eastern dome—The classic sculptures of immortal Rome ; Our art with time or place decay'd not then , It flourish'd greatly with our modern Wren ;
London ' s St . Paul ' s by his great art was plann'd , Begun—rear'd—finish'd—ivith one master-hand * . Kingdoms have fallen ! Empires have pass'd away ! Colossal sceptres fall ' n ' neath Time ' s decay ! Yet still we flourish , united heart and hand ,
Our band of Brotherhood yet firmly stand , And shall endure till that last signal ' s given , Whose trumpet-sound shall rend the arch of heaven ! Age feels our moral—it gives strength to youth—Our prop is HONOUR—our foundation TRUTH .
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On Freemasonry.
Palmyra ' s city—Balbec ' s lofty shrine , Proclaim , as architects , our Craft divine . Nor was the MASON ' art to these confined , Its rays shed light and knowledge o ' er the mind : LANGUAGE ! the first , the noblest gift to man ,
No longer rough in half-form'd accents ran , But soon in polish'd verse was taught to flow—Now sportive wild , or musically slow ; Religion ' s aid—which lifts the soul to heaven ; Music—to man , by MASONS first was given ;
Each infant art was in our Lodges taught : The ancient Craft , by noblest impulse fraught , Sought to improve mankind—let hist ' ry ' s page
Record our wonders in Time ' s earlier age . Witness the pyramid—the eastern dome—The classic sculptures of immortal Rome ; Our art with time or place decay'd not then , It flourish'd greatly with our modern Wren ;
London ' s St . Paul ' s by his great art was plann'd , Begun—rear'd—finish'd—ivith one master-hand * . Kingdoms have fallen ! Empires have pass'd away ! Colossal sceptres fall ' n ' neath Time ' s decay ! Yet still we flourish , united heart and hand ,
Our band of Brotherhood yet firmly stand , And shall endure till that last signal ' s given , Whose trumpet-sound shall rend the arch of heaven ! Age feels our moral—it gives strength to youth—Our prop is HONOUR—our foundation TRUTH .