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BY BRO . THE REV . S . OLIVER , OF WHAPLODE , NEAR SPALDING . ' ONCE the gods , in full council , petitioned old Jove That he woulcl establish , in synod divine , An Order of Harmony , Friendship ancl Love , Where the full blaze of lig ht should eternally shine ; Where discord , ancl hate , and falsehood should fail , And concord and rectitude ever prevail ; And peace , truth , ancl harmony , always might sway Their minds aud their actions , by night and by day !
Jove smiled his consent , and approved of the scheme ; Swore , by Styx , he would patronize Concord—thro' Me : " Eoepede Alcides , " says Momus , " you dream ! ^ Where is Concord , dread sire , ivith your termagant wife ? Fulminator content was , to give his consent That the goddesses should from these meetings be sent ; So should peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway Their minds and their actions , by night and by day !
The Muses , the Graces , the Sciences seven , Ne ' er harbour'd resentment against this decree ; But join'd to endow this new offspring of Heaven With celestial perfections , iu every degree . Whilst Olympus did gaze on , they seized the occasion To hail this pure Order—and name it Freemason J Now peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway The minds of Freemasons , by night and by day !
First Mars was dubb'd Tyler , Bacchus put Warden ' s face on , And feather-heel '' d Mercury—Deacon did prove ; Old Neptune was Master ; Phoebus-Royal Arch Mason ; Knight Templar , and Patron of Masons was Jove . ' With wisdom profound , the lecture went round ; Good fellowship first among Masons was found ! Now peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway The minds of Freemasons , by night and by day !
Then Mercury , straight , was commission'd to bear The secrets of Masonry down to the Earth ; With instructions grand columns and temples to rear , And palaces . —Thus had Freemasonry birth ! " Come , let us prepare , we Brothers that are , " To rend , with loud Pceans , earth , sky , sea , and air ! Let peace , truth , ancl harmony constantly sway !
Our minds and our actions , by night and by day Toast . —May no link of the Masonic Chain ever be broken !
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Song,
SONG ,
BY BRO . THE REV . S . OLIVER , OF WHAPLODE , NEAR SPALDING . ' ONCE the gods , in full council , petitioned old Jove That he woulcl establish , in synod divine , An Order of Harmony , Friendship ancl Love , Where the full blaze of lig ht should eternally shine ; Where discord , ancl hate , and falsehood should fail , And concord and rectitude ever prevail ; And peace , truth , ancl harmony , always might sway Their minds aud their actions , by night and by day !
Jove smiled his consent , and approved of the scheme ; Swore , by Styx , he would patronize Concord—thro' Me : " Eoepede Alcides , " says Momus , " you dream ! ^ Where is Concord , dread sire , ivith your termagant wife ? Fulminator content was , to give his consent That the goddesses should from these meetings be sent ; So should peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway Their minds and their actions , by night and by day !
The Muses , the Graces , the Sciences seven , Ne ' er harbour'd resentment against this decree ; But join'd to endow this new offspring of Heaven With celestial perfections , iu every degree . Whilst Olympus did gaze on , they seized the occasion To hail this pure Order—and name it Freemason J Now peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway The minds of Freemasons , by night and by day !
First Mars was dubb'd Tyler , Bacchus put Warden ' s face on , And feather-heel '' d Mercury—Deacon did prove ; Old Neptune was Master ; Phoebus-Royal Arch Mason ; Knight Templar , and Patron of Masons was Jove . ' With wisdom profound , the lecture went round ; Good fellowship first among Masons was found ! Now peace , truth , and harmony constantly sway The minds of Freemasons , by night and by day !
Then Mercury , straight , was commission'd to bear The secrets of Masonry down to the Earth ; With instructions grand columns and temples to rear , And palaces . —Thus had Freemasonry birth ! " Come , let us prepare , we Brothers that are , " To rend , with loud Pceans , earth , sky , sea , and air ! Let peace , truth , ancl harmony constantly sway !
Our minds and our actions , by night and by day Toast . —May no link of the Masonic Chain ever be broken !