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Song. The Graves Of The Sea.*
SONG . THE GRAVES OF THE SEA . *
If you wander alone on some bright afternoon , Where the wave and the wind ever make their sweet tune . Be sure you may see ' neath the clear shining wave , The tombs that their sons to our forefathers gave . Oh ! oft as I ' ve roved by that storm-beaten shore , I ' ve seen thro' the wave the rude dwellings of yore ; And thought , with a sigh , that sires were as free
As the waves that roll over the Graves of the Sea . And better by far than a tomb on the shore , Is the sea-beaten graves of the heroes of yore ; For their souls coulcl not rest under Erin ' s green plains . While the hand of the Saxon their sons helcl in chains : Then we swear by those rocks ' neath the bright flowing waves , That point to the spot of our forefathers' graves , We ne ' er cease to struggle nor strive to be free , Till we sleep with our sires in the Graves of the Sea . J . E . CARPENTER .
The Brethren Of "Greenock Saint John."
THE BRETHREN OF "GREENOCK SAINT JOHN . "
IN friendship s perpetual bands The Masons are willingly bound ; And even on Araby ' s sands The ties of the Mason are found-On lands where those claims never came , The sun in the heavens ne ' er shone , But , strongest they bind , where the name The Loclge owns is " Greenock Saint John . "
Here Brothers most happily meet , And welcome each guest with a smile ; And strangers most cordially greet With welkin , in brotherly style . While tempests of discord are seen Fast gathering the world upon , The sunshine of love lights serene
On friends of the " Greenock Saint John . " The great Tower of brotherly love From Freemasons' labours shall rise . Ascending Earth ' s regions above Till joined with the Lodge in the skies . But the loftiest pinnacle yet On which Heaven ' s light ever shone , Has each stone immovably set By Brothers of " Greenock Saint John . "
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Song. The Graves Of The Sea.*
SONG . THE GRAVES OF THE SEA . *
If you wander alone on some bright afternoon , Where the wave and the wind ever make their sweet tune . Be sure you may see ' neath the clear shining wave , The tombs that their sons to our forefathers gave . Oh ! oft as I ' ve roved by that storm-beaten shore , I ' ve seen thro' the wave the rude dwellings of yore ; And thought , with a sigh , that sires were as free
As the waves that roll over the Graves of the Sea . And better by far than a tomb on the shore , Is the sea-beaten graves of the heroes of yore ; For their souls coulcl not rest under Erin ' s green plains . While the hand of the Saxon their sons helcl in chains : Then we swear by those rocks ' neath the bright flowing waves , That point to the spot of our forefathers' graves , We ne ' er cease to struggle nor strive to be free , Till we sleep with our sires in the Graves of the Sea . J . E . CARPENTER .
The Brethren Of "Greenock Saint John."
THE BRETHREN OF "GREENOCK SAINT JOHN . "
IN friendship s perpetual bands The Masons are willingly bound ; And even on Araby ' s sands The ties of the Mason are found-On lands where those claims never came , The sun in the heavens ne ' er shone , But , strongest they bind , where the name The Loclge owns is " Greenock Saint John . "
Here Brothers most happily meet , And welcome each guest with a smile ; And strangers most cordially greet With welkin , in brotherly style . While tempests of discord are seen Fast gathering the world upon , The sunshine of love lights serene
On friends of the " Greenock Saint John . " The great Tower of brotherly love From Freemasons' labours shall rise . Ascending Earth ' s regions above Till joined with the Lodge in the skies . But the loftiest pinnacle yet On which Heaven ' s light ever shone , Has each stone immovably set By Brothers of " Greenock Saint John . "