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'Tis something yet , when swept from human kind To leave , as ' twere , a spell—a charm behind ; A portion of our self—that better part , That moved and dignified the living heart J To-night we labour in this goodly cause , For that—and not ourselves—we seek lause
app ; For that we ask the bounty of your hands , — Four kindly wishes , and your wise commands . So that , when all hath vanish'd with this scene , And all , now here , are—as they'd never been—Some good may still endure from this brief night , As pure and lasting as the living light .
And when ,. —e ' en ages o ' er—some stranger stays Before an edifice of ancient days , And asks— " What pile is this ? For what design'd ? Who built the fabric—whose the master-mind ?" - — Oh , then may fifty voices , e ' en as one , Make loud reply" The noble work was done
By hearts , that feeling for the poor old man Struggling at last beneath misfortune ' s ban , Uprear'dthis house to shelter him in peace , Ere heav ' n should send Mm message of release : Here offer'd competence , and hours devout , His grey hairs sacred from the storm without . Mark well the pile ; then say , where ' er ye roam Ye ' ve seen THE AGED MASON ' HAPPY HOME !"
- ' Just published , " THE GREY HEAD , " a Song written by Brother DOUGLAS JERROLD , composed by Mr . REEVE , and sung by Brother COLLVER at the Festival in aid of the Asylum for A < red Freemasons 10 be had of Dale , Cockerell and Co ., 19 , Poultry , and J . Duff , 05 Oxford Street . - gC ^ Subscriptions for the ASYLUM received b y the Treasurer Dr CrucefixLancaster PlaceStrand
, , ; Mr . W . Farnfield and Mr Edward Pitt , 22 , Everett Street , Brunswick Square , the Honorary Secretaries and by the Collector , Mr . John Begbie , Cartwright Street , Minories . ' We have witnessed upon many previous occasions what are termed " amateur performances , "—we have felt for the debutant an interest proportional to his timidity—we have been racked by the scrapings of an amateur band—have laughed at
a traged y—and drawn a Ion- fare at what is yclept a farce—we have attended amateur performances in the aristocratic city of Bath , where the entree is limited by all the punctilio of the potent master of the ceremonies , and where the arrano-ements have been aided b y a decorative display which its elegant theatre rendered unnecessary , where fashion and beauty lent its willing aid to applaud those who in private life were admired—we have been among the audience m garrison and on shipboard , when the officers of a re" -iment and of a man-of-war had respectivel y associated to win a leaf from the dramatic wreath , by assembling their fair friends and other parties
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Original ? We Believe Not, And For This ...
'Tis something yet , when swept from human kind To leave , as ' twere , a spell—a charm behind ; A portion of our self—that better part , That moved and dignified the living heart J To-night we labour in this goodly cause , For that—and not ourselves—we seek lause
app ; For that we ask the bounty of your hands , — Four kindly wishes , and your wise commands . So that , when all hath vanish'd with this scene , And all , now here , are—as they'd never been—Some good may still endure from this brief night , As pure and lasting as the living light .
And when ,. —e ' en ages o ' er—some stranger stays Before an edifice of ancient days , And asks— " What pile is this ? For what design'd ? Who built the fabric—whose the master-mind ?" - — Oh , then may fifty voices , e ' en as one , Make loud reply" The noble work was done
By hearts , that feeling for the poor old man Struggling at last beneath misfortune ' s ban , Uprear'dthis house to shelter him in peace , Ere heav ' n should send Mm message of release : Here offer'd competence , and hours devout , His grey hairs sacred from the storm without . Mark well the pile ; then say , where ' er ye roam Ye ' ve seen THE AGED MASON ' HAPPY HOME !"
- ' Just published , " THE GREY HEAD , " a Song written by Brother DOUGLAS JERROLD , composed by Mr . REEVE , and sung by Brother COLLVER at the Festival in aid of the Asylum for A < red Freemasons 10 be had of Dale , Cockerell and Co ., 19 , Poultry , and J . Duff , 05 Oxford Street . - gC ^ Subscriptions for the ASYLUM received b y the Treasurer Dr CrucefixLancaster PlaceStrand
, , ; Mr . W . Farnfield and Mr Edward Pitt , 22 , Everett Street , Brunswick Square , the Honorary Secretaries and by the Collector , Mr . John Begbie , Cartwright Street , Minories . ' We have witnessed upon many previous occasions what are termed " amateur performances , "—we have felt for the debutant an interest proportional to his timidity—we have been racked by the scrapings of an amateur band—have laughed at
a traged y—and drawn a Ion- fare at what is yclept a farce—we have attended amateur performances in the aristocratic city of Bath , where the entree is limited by all the punctilio of the potent master of the ceremonies , and where the arrano-ements have been aided b y a decorative display which its elegant theatre rendered unnecessary , where fashion and beauty lent its willing aid to applaud those who in private life were admired—we have been among the audience m garrison and on shipboard , when the officers of a re" -iment and of a man-of-war had respectivel y associated to win a leaf from the dramatic wreath , by assembling their fair friends and other parties