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Article Poetry. Page 1 of 1 Article PARODY ON "THE SUNFLOWER." Page 1 of 1
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Poetry.
Poetry .
O ! wha is na' proud o' his country ?—The country that ' s wedded to fame , By patriots , heroes , and statesmen , The high and the mighty of name ! Then pledge me , success to Auld Scotland , She ' s fine , wad they let her alone ; For us , may we aye strive to follow The footsteps of those that are gone ! Then hey ! for the land of the heather .
Our mountains—may plenty surround them , Our valleys—may peace shelter there ; Our sons—be they generous and noble , Our daughters , as good as they ' re fair ! Our moorlands—the home of the happy , Our woodlands—the path of the free ; Our fond wish—the land of our fathers
, Our bumper— " Auld Scotland to thee !" Then hey ! for the land of the heather , The land of the hill and the glen , The land of the soft-blooming maidens , And land of the true-hearted men !
Parody On "The Sunflower."
PARODY ON "THE SUNFLOWER . "
Believe me , if every strange symbol ancl sign Which we gazed on so fondly to-night , Convey'd not some lesson , some moral divine , We would banish them soon from our sight ; As this moment they are , they shall still be adored , Though the world unmasonic condemn ; While to us they such precepts of virtue afford , Or our actions are measur'd by them !
Oh ! it is not the form of the compass and square That to us can such pleasure impart , But it is the deep moral inculcated there , Which is stampt on each true Mason ' s heart . Then a Lodge of Freemasons , where ' er it may be , Is the dwelling of Brotherly Love , For there ' s none who in thought or in action can flee From the all-seeing EYE that ' s above . J . E . CARPENTER .
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Poetry.
Poetry .
O ! wha is na' proud o' his country ?—The country that ' s wedded to fame , By patriots , heroes , and statesmen , The high and the mighty of name ! Then pledge me , success to Auld Scotland , She ' s fine , wad they let her alone ; For us , may we aye strive to follow The footsteps of those that are gone ! Then hey ! for the land of the heather .
Our mountains—may plenty surround them , Our valleys—may peace shelter there ; Our sons—be they generous and noble , Our daughters , as good as they ' re fair ! Our moorlands—the home of the happy , Our woodlands—the path of the free ; Our fond wish—the land of our fathers
, Our bumper— " Auld Scotland to thee !" Then hey ! for the land of the heather , The land of the hill and the glen , The land of the soft-blooming maidens , And land of the true-hearted men !
Parody On "The Sunflower."
PARODY ON "THE SUNFLOWER . "
Believe me , if every strange symbol ancl sign Which we gazed on so fondly to-night , Convey'd not some lesson , some moral divine , We would banish them soon from our sight ; As this moment they are , they shall still be adored , Though the world unmasonic condemn ; While to us they such precepts of virtue afford , Or our actions are measur'd by them !
Oh ! it is not the form of the compass and square That to us can such pleasure impart , But it is the deep moral inculcated there , Which is stampt on each true Mason ' s heart . Then a Lodge of Freemasons , where ' er it may be , Is the dwelling of Brotherly Love , For there ' s none who in thought or in action can flee From the all-seeing EYE that ' s above . J . E . CARPENTER .