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Article TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND.—No. II. ← Page 4 of 4 Article WINGED WORDS OF ANCIENT ARCHERS.—PART IV. Page 1 of 3 →
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Ii.
but that he resisted , and that he ever will ; that the R . A . of Ireland is the only pure , & c . & c . & c . Some old lady is said to have declared that there is nothing new under the sun ; consequently , I presume that you consider that there can be nothing new in Freemasonry , nor can there be unless you look for it . But now , what I should like to see , and , I believe , may it please you , so would would be the " Old Gentleman" equipped in the style of 1780
you , , with shoes and buckles , silk stockings , breeches , long vest , and a coat of the clay with its long back , cravat , full wig and tail , duly powdered , a sword by his side , and in his hand a gold-headed cane , the whole surmounted with a cocked hat , laced with gold . Let the buck of 1780 be presented to the old gentleman of 1841 ' , and what would he think of himself . Is there a moral here ? No , not for him , he would not understand it . We must wait—the Masonic fowler comprehendeth not .
You are yourself to blame , " quod facts per aliumfacis per le ipsum . " It is painful to think of the scene on the 4 th of July last . Such things are reprobated by those on whom alone your existence rests ; despise the warning , and you will become non-existent . You have the means to prevent annihilation—DE-FOWLERIZE—grant an annuity—in this be honest , —but be free . Finus .
Winged Words Of Ancient Archers.—Part Iv.
WINGED WORDS OF ANCIENT ARCHERS . —PART IV .
HOMERIC HEROES . THE best bowman of his day—himself being witness—was Ulysses ; with the exception of Philoctetes , his comrade-in-arms in the field of Troy . We are instructed of this in his famous challenge before the Phceacian sportsmen , who were taunting the unknown castaway as a man of small experience in sports or war . So lightly does he hold their strength ancl skillthat he tells them he could throw a heavy spear as
, far , or further , than they could shoot an arrow . Either they must have been but poor hands at the craft , or Laertiades had drawn a very long bow indeed . As it happened , no trial took place . Let us turn our eyes , however , to an arena , where the great Unknown does show himself . Time , ten years after the sack of Troy ; place , the palace of Ithaca . " Now came the dreadful hour when Pallas urged Icarius ' s lovely daughter , tlie discreet
VeueUi \ ic , v-itU hovt -. u \ d vin » s to prove Her suitors in Ulysses * courts , a strife Most fatal in conclusion to them till . First taking io her hand the brazen key , Well forged and fitted , with an ivory grasp . Attended by tlio women of her train . She sought her inmost chamber , the recess In which liis brass , liis goht , and tempei'd steel , Ulysses kept . There hung his stubborn bow . And there his ample quiver tilted with shafts , A deadly store . "
Having with her own fair hands succeeded in opening the huge locks of that treasury of precious arms—precious to her solely as the relics of her long-lost lord—she entered , ancl " With lifted hand she lowered from its hold The bow . wilhin itsglitlering case secured ; Then silling there she hurl it on iter knees , Weeping aloud , arid drciv it from Ihe case .
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To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.—No. Ii.
but that he resisted , and that he ever will ; that the R . A . of Ireland is the only pure , & c . & c . & c . Some old lady is said to have declared that there is nothing new under the sun ; consequently , I presume that you consider that there can be nothing new in Freemasonry , nor can there be unless you look for it . But now , what I should like to see , and , I believe , may it please you , so would would be the " Old Gentleman" equipped in the style of 1780
you , , with shoes and buckles , silk stockings , breeches , long vest , and a coat of the clay with its long back , cravat , full wig and tail , duly powdered , a sword by his side , and in his hand a gold-headed cane , the whole surmounted with a cocked hat , laced with gold . Let the buck of 1780 be presented to the old gentleman of 1841 ' , and what would he think of himself . Is there a moral here ? No , not for him , he would not understand it . We must wait—the Masonic fowler comprehendeth not .
You are yourself to blame , " quod facts per aliumfacis per le ipsum . " It is painful to think of the scene on the 4 th of July last . Such things are reprobated by those on whom alone your existence rests ; despise the warning , and you will become non-existent . You have the means to prevent annihilation—DE-FOWLERIZE—grant an annuity—in this be honest , —but be free . Finus .
Winged Words Of Ancient Archers.—Part Iv.
WINGED WORDS OF ANCIENT ARCHERS . —PART IV .
HOMERIC HEROES . THE best bowman of his day—himself being witness—was Ulysses ; with the exception of Philoctetes , his comrade-in-arms in the field of Troy . We are instructed of this in his famous challenge before the Phceacian sportsmen , who were taunting the unknown castaway as a man of small experience in sports or war . So lightly does he hold their strength ancl skillthat he tells them he could throw a heavy spear as
, far , or further , than they could shoot an arrow . Either they must have been but poor hands at the craft , or Laertiades had drawn a very long bow indeed . As it happened , no trial took place . Let us turn our eyes , however , to an arena , where the great Unknown does show himself . Time , ten years after the sack of Troy ; place , the palace of Ithaca . " Now came the dreadful hour when Pallas urged Icarius ' s lovely daughter , tlie discreet
VeueUi \ ic , v-itU hovt -. u \ d vin » s to prove Her suitors in Ulysses * courts , a strife Most fatal in conclusion to them till . First taking io her hand the brazen key , Well forged and fitted , with an ivory grasp . Attended by tlio women of her train . She sought her inmost chamber , the recess In which liis brass , liis goht , and tempei'd steel , Ulysses kept . There hung his stubborn bow . And there his ample quiver tilted with shafts , A deadly store . "
Having with her own fair hands succeeded in opening the huge locks of that treasury of precious arms—precious to her solely as the relics of her long-lost lord—she entered , ancl " With lifted hand she lowered from its hold The bow . wilhin itsglitlering case secured ; Then silling there she hurl it on iter knees , Weeping aloud , arid drciv it from Ihe case .