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Poetry.
POETRY .
LAMENT FOR LORD DURHAM . BY BROTHER J . LEE STEVENS , PAST GRAND STEWARD , ETC [ Extracted fom the columns of the daily press . ] ATR . — " Savourna Deelish . "
" It having pleased the All-wise Disposer of human events to call from this transitory existence the highly-esteemed and lamented Pro-Grand Master , the EABI . OF DURHAM , the most Worshipful Grand Master , participating in the grief which fills the breast of every Mason on this melancholy event , is anxious that every testimony of respect should be paid to the memory of the deceased noble and exalted Brother , and is therefore pleased to order that the Grand Lodge , and all Subordinate Lodges , shall be placed in mourning for six months from this date . "—Masonic Circular . Aye ! thick be the emblems of mourning around us ,
Though feebly our feelings of sorrow they trace ; For death at a moment unwonted has found us , And borne off the chieftain we ne'er can replace ! How warm the regret of the few who reprove ! him ! How heartfelt the grief of the thousands who lov'd him ! Alas ! that the fiat of fate hath remov'd him !
Alas ! for our Order that Durham is gone ! In triumph we turn'd to him fondly and proudly , For his was the honour , whoe ' er won the praise ; In trouble we call'd , not mistrusting nor loudly , But sure that our shield of defence he would raise !
His peer there was none where the noble were meeting ! The good and the wise miss the best at their greeting ! Alas ! that his day-spring of life was so fleeting !—Alas ! for our Order , now Durham is gone ! . August 19 , 1840 .
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Poetry.
POETRY .
LAMENT FOR LORD DURHAM . BY BROTHER J . LEE STEVENS , PAST GRAND STEWARD , ETC [ Extracted fom the columns of the daily press . ] ATR . — " Savourna Deelish . "
" It having pleased the All-wise Disposer of human events to call from this transitory existence the highly-esteemed and lamented Pro-Grand Master , the EABI . OF DURHAM , the most Worshipful Grand Master , participating in the grief which fills the breast of every Mason on this melancholy event , is anxious that every testimony of respect should be paid to the memory of the deceased noble and exalted Brother , and is therefore pleased to order that the Grand Lodge , and all Subordinate Lodges , shall be placed in mourning for six months from this date . "—Masonic Circular . Aye ! thick be the emblems of mourning around us ,
Though feebly our feelings of sorrow they trace ; For death at a moment unwonted has found us , And borne off the chieftain we ne'er can replace ! How warm the regret of the few who reprove ! him ! How heartfelt the grief of the thousands who lov'd him ! Alas ! that the fiat of fate hath remov'd him !
Alas ! for our Order that Durham is gone ! In triumph we turn'd to him fondly and proudly , For his was the honour , whoe ' er won the praise ; In trouble we call'd , not mistrusting nor loudly , But sure that our shield of defence he would raise !
His peer there was none where the noble were meeting ! The good and the wise miss the best at their greeting ! Alas ! that his day-spring of life was so fleeting !—Alas ! for our Order , now Durham is gone ! . August 19 , 1840 .