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Article WINGED WORDS OF ANCIENT ARCHERS.—PART 11. ← Page 3 of 3 Article TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND. Page 1 of 3 →
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Winged Words Of Ancient Archers.—Part 11.
self in a sitting attitude ( Ulysses sat likewise when shooting before the suitors , and the posture is still practised by the Turks , the conquerors of the Greeks ) ; the Far-darter let fly among the mules , and dogs , and men . Why the incensed sun-god , in selecting his victims , omitted the horses , is a question which may be asked , but does not come within our vocation lo answer . We may suppose some Hibernian echo replying" Wh seethe great hate of the sun had dried up all the wells
y , you , and springs around , so that the very potatoe-leaves were withered as with canker-worms , and the water that there was in the bogs was naturally bad and brackish , antl not at all agreeable to raisonable or unraisonable tastes ; ancl what they did get they had to filther it through the sand to make it palatable at all for the great lords and gentlemen , such as MistherO'Killus , and the rest ; so that what could the i—och botheration I mane the donkies—that istheir
halfpgs ; , brothers the mules , and the poor dumb clogs do , but die first , and then the sumpter-boys , antl the camp-followers , and common men , who had nobody to help them . But the horses were a superior sort of animals to the others , antl ranked next to the beautiful female slaves , and were well fed and watered every day by their masters themselves . The common men might , hut they could not be replaced in a hurry ; by raison , perhaps , that there were no steam-boats with stables on board to ship them from
Greekland ; and besides how could the great Agitator , O'Pollo , belabour them with his shillelah , when they were all safely stabled and stalled , with the key of the door in their master ' s pockets ?" " Ohe , jam satis , amice ! that will do , friend ; enough is as good as a feast . But , with all deference to your opinion—simple and sublime as your solution is—we will rather leave the question where it is . " Non nostrum est tantos componere litcs . "
We can well indeed understand what you say as to the value of the horses . They were the most precious appendages of a war-chief and his chariot . Pandarus , canny lad ! frankly confessed to his friend _ 9 _ neas , that he would have brought his own beautiful bloods to Troy , but that he feared they might get foundered by some mischance , or starved for want of water and oats . TOXOTES .
To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .
MAY IT PLEASE YOU , —Your present condition will , I presume , sufficiently prove the necessity of endeavouring to do that for you which I fear , until the dawning of a better day , you may not be able to clo for yourself , viz . to examine into the case and report thereon . You may be likened to an unwise mother , distracted by the quarrels of ungrateful children . The earliest printed record that I can find relating to you , is " The Constitutions of the Freemasons , by John Pennell ; Dublin , 1730 . ' ' ®
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Winged Words Of Ancient Archers.—Part 11.
self in a sitting attitude ( Ulysses sat likewise when shooting before the suitors , and the posture is still practised by the Turks , the conquerors of the Greeks ) ; the Far-darter let fly among the mules , and dogs , and men . Why the incensed sun-god , in selecting his victims , omitted the horses , is a question which may be asked , but does not come within our vocation lo answer . We may suppose some Hibernian echo replying" Wh seethe great hate of the sun had dried up all the wells
y , you , and springs around , so that the very potatoe-leaves were withered as with canker-worms , and the water that there was in the bogs was naturally bad and brackish , antl not at all agreeable to raisonable or unraisonable tastes ; ancl what they did get they had to filther it through the sand to make it palatable at all for the great lords and gentlemen , such as MistherO'Killus , and the rest ; so that what could the i—och botheration I mane the donkies—that istheir
halfpgs ; , brothers the mules , and the poor dumb clogs do , but die first , and then the sumpter-boys , antl the camp-followers , and common men , who had nobody to help them . But the horses were a superior sort of animals to the others , antl ranked next to the beautiful female slaves , and were well fed and watered every day by their masters themselves . The common men might , hut they could not be replaced in a hurry ; by raison , perhaps , that there were no steam-boats with stables on board to ship them from
Greekland ; and besides how could the great Agitator , O'Pollo , belabour them with his shillelah , when they were all safely stabled and stalled , with the key of the door in their master ' s pockets ?" " Ohe , jam satis , amice ! that will do , friend ; enough is as good as a feast . But , with all deference to your opinion—simple and sublime as your solution is—we will rather leave the question where it is . " Non nostrum est tantos componere litcs . "
We can well indeed understand what you say as to the value of the horses . They were the most precious appendages of a war-chief and his chariot . Pandarus , canny lad ! frankly confessed to his friend _ 9 _ neas , that he would have brought his own beautiful bloods to Troy , but that he feared they might get foundered by some mischance , or starved for want of water and oats . TOXOTES .
To The Grand Lodge Of Ireland.
TO THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .
MAY IT PLEASE YOU , —Your present condition will , I presume , sufficiently prove the necessity of endeavouring to do that for you which I fear , until the dawning of a better day , you may not be able to clo for yourself , viz . to examine into the case and report thereon . You may be likened to an unwise mother , distracted by the quarrels of ungrateful children . The earliest printed record that I can find relating to you , is " The Constitutions of the Freemasons , by John Pennell ; Dublin , 1730 . ' ' ®