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Reflection After Seeing The Third Degree Conferred.
REFLECTION AFTER SEEING THE THIRD DEGREE CONFERRED .
BY BROTHER E . K . MORAN . WHAT matters whether death come now , Or lingers till to-morrow ; In either case , upon my brow ,
He'll find no trace of sorrow . If I should die in manhood ' s prime , I'll be but too delighted : Life ' s journey ended thus berime , I cannot he benighted .
They say that dismal is his face , Cold , frowning , sad , and chilling ; But he will find that his embrace , Will please me most when killing . Shall I not be thenceforth his bride , And in his arms still sleeping ,
Whatever else our love betide , I never can know weeping . And should it be that I am old At his approach , remember 'Tis time to die when love grows cold ,
And May becomes December ; I would not linger here below—With reverence be it spoken ; When youthful hearts have lost their glow . And friendship's vows are broken . July , 1837 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reflection After Seeing The Third Degree Conferred.
REFLECTION AFTER SEEING THE THIRD DEGREE CONFERRED .
BY BROTHER E . K . MORAN . WHAT matters whether death come now , Or lingers till to-morrow ; In either case , upon my brow ,
He'll find no trace of sorrow . If I should die in manhood ' s prime , I'll be but too delighted : Life ' s journey ended thus berime , I cannot he benighted .
They say that dismal is his face , Cold , frowning , sad , and chilling ; But he will find that his embrace , Will please me most when killing . Shall I not be thenceforth his bride , And in his arms still sleeping ,
Whatever else our love betide , I never can know weeping . And should it be that I am old At his approach , remember 'Tis time to die when love grows cold ,
And May becomes December ; I would not linger here below—With reverence be it spoken ; When youthful hearts have lost their glow . And friendship's vows are broken . July , 1837 .