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Poetry.
Oh , think of those whose earlier youth has pass'd A round of social and domestic joy , Who freely gave and never thought to ask ; Who feel the senile hour without its meed Of " honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , And all that should accompany old age , " Pityprotectand succoursuch as these ;
, , , Place o ' er the silver'd head the kindly roof , And feel while blessing those whose aid ye are , How doubly bless'd a joy it is to give . EDWARD BREWSTER , P . M . Lodge of Concord .
Lines On Freemasonry.
LINES ON FREEMASONRY .
WHEN evening dim is ushered in , And the night-wind softly blows ; When the Lunar Queen , in beauty ' s mien , Her light to the wide world shows , — Like a widowed bride , in her youthful pride , Who muses in silence alone , Her night watch keeps , while the weary sleeps At the foot of her star-lit throne .
O ! bewitching hour , of enchanting power , The inciter of friendship and love ! When the goddess Truth , to age and youth , Descends from her realms above , 'Tis then we meet , in love to greet , And the joys of fraternity share , In order sublime , at a Mason ' s shrine , — At the hierophant , compass , and square .
Our bosoms confide , and their secrets hide From all anti-Masons and foes ; For on His sacred laws we ' ve founded our cause , As Freemasonry ' s potency shows . Our heaven-born Order will know not disorder , While love warms the heart of each other : If ills e ' er betide , we find by our side A Mason , a friend , and a brother . W . T . HARDINO , . Nelson of the Nile Lodge , 330 .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
Oh , think of those whose earlier youth has pass'd A round of social and domestic joy , Who freely gave and never thought to ask ; Who feel the senile hour without its meed Of " honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , And all that should accompany old age , " Pityprotectand succoursuch as these ;
, , , Place o ' er the silver'd head the kindly roof , And feel while blessing those whose aid ye are , How doubly bless'd a joy it is to give . EDWARD BREWSTER , P . M . Lodge of Concord .
Lines On Freemasonry.
LINES ON FREEMASONRY .
WHEN evening dim is ushered in , And the night-wind softly blows ; When the Lunar Queen , in beauty ' s mien , Her light to the wide world shows , — Like a widowed bride , in her youthful pride , Who muses in silence alone , Her night watch keeps , while the weary sleeps At the foot of her star-lit throne .
O ! bewitching hour , of enchanting power , The inciter of friendship and love ! When the goddess Truth , to age and youth , Descends from her realms above , 'Tis then we meet , in love to greet , And the joys of fraternity share , In order sublime , at a Mason ' s shrine , — At the hierophant , compass , and square .
Our bosoms confide , and their secrets hide From all anti-Masons and foes ; For on His sacred laws we ' ve founded our cause , As Freemasonry ' s potency shows . Our heaven-born Order will know not disorder , While love warms the heart of each other : If ills e ' er betide , we find by our side A Mason , a friend , and a brother . W . T . HARDINO , . Nelson of the Nile Lodge , 330 .