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Freemasonrv In Warwickshire.
pointed out . Neither will his Lordship think it undeserving of his consideration , that his Provincial Grand Officers should , one and all , be men of education and gentlemanly habits , and ( following the example set in other Provincial Lodges ) capable of , at least , speaking their mother tongue with accuracy and propriety . Yours , faithfully , A WARWICKSHIRE PAST MASTER . June , 1044 .
Poetry.
POETRY .
THE FOLLY OF PRIDE . STUDIOUS of Life , of human things , Not borne away on Fancy ' s wings , To worlds unknown—unseen—But with a mind serene As is the silence ofthe Summer lake , That Nature ' s melody delights to break ,
An aged man , who , both in peace and strife , Had known and watched the varying scenes of life , And meditated much through many years , On all he saw within " the vale of tears "A sage in knowledge , as he sat reclined , Thus spake of human things and human kind ;—" Men are the slaves of men—a race
That cherish passions mean and base , To the wild oj'tcce unknown , And felt by man alone—The being that can boast of Reason ' s poiver , Yet violate her laws , and every hour Disdain to listen to the voice divine , Yet bow in homage at an earthly shrine !
Passion and selfishness , despising worth , And all that can ennoble man on earth , Are cultured oft so deeply in the mind That man forgets his duty to his kind . What is that duty ?— 'Tis decreed , BHim who giveth all we need
y , That Nature shall possess The power to cheer and bless , Or curse , by her perversion , every heart That in the gift of Life shall share a part ; It is decreed , by Mercy ' s voice of love , And by Eternal Justice from above , That he who freely giveth to the poor ,
From his own ample and o ' erflowing store . Shall be repaid for all that he hath given By endless joy , prepared for him in heaven .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonrv In Warwickshire.
pointed out . Neither will his Lordship think it undeserving of his consideration , that his Provincial Grand Officers should , one and all , be men of education and gentlemanly habits , and ( following the example set in other Provincial Lodges ) capable of , at least , speaking their mother tongue with accuracy and propriety . Yours , faithfully , A WARWICKSHIRE PAST MASTER . June , 1044 .
Poetry.
POETRY .
THE FOLLY OF PRIDE . STUDIOUS of Life , of human things , Not borne away on Fancy ' s wings , To worlds unknown—unseen—But with a mind serene As is the silence ofthe Summer lake , That Nature ' s melody delights to break ,
An aged man , who , both in peace and strife , Had known and watched the varying scenes of life , And meditated much through many years , On all he saw within " the vale of tears "A sage in knowledge , as he sat reclined , Thus spake of human things and human kind ;—" Men are the slaves of men—a race
That cherish passions mean and base , To the wild oj'tcce unknown , And felt by man alone—The being that can boast of Reason ' s poiver , Yet violate her laws , and every hour Disdain to listen to the voice divine , Yet bow in homage at an earthly shrine !
Passion and selfishness , despising worth , And all that can ennoble man on earth , Are cultured oft so deeply in the mind That man forgets his duty to his kind . What is that duty ?— 'Tis decreed , BHim who giveth all we need
y , That Nature shall possess The power to cheer and bless , Or curse , by her perversion , every heart That in the gift of Life shall share a part ; It is decreed , by Mercy ' s voice of love , And by Eternal Justice from above , That he who freely giveth to the poor ,
From his own ample and o ' erflowing store . Shall be repaid for all that he hath given By endless joy , prepared for him in heaven .