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Article THE LAST AND THE FIRST CHIMES, 1843-4. Page 1 of 1 Article THE RENEWED YEAR. Page 1 of 1
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The Last And The First Chimes, 1843-4.
THE LAST AND THE FIRST CHIMES , 1843-4 .
TOM , on , sad-pleasing bell , as thou hast clone For thousand years , to the mute heart appealing , Requiem affording to the days , months gone , Ancl , Janus-like , the future ones revealing . To us , the year has heen a year of sorrow , We lost our Chieftain whilst its days pass'd on ; Yet bring these bell sounds hopefulness to-morrow
Will give bright Masonry as good a son . * Yet stint we not the tribute to His worth . Although some errors to his share did fall ; The isolated summit of his birth Made him , perhaps , too much seclusion ' s thrall . No more!—the new ' s bell again is ringing
year Forth in exultant tones its merry sound— ' ¦ Music upon the night-breeze sweetly flinging , Making all hearts with hope of coming joy abound . Dec . 31 , 1843 . E . R . M .
No . 1 , & P . M . 49 .
The Renewed Year.
THE RENEWED YEAR .
FAREWELL to thee , old FORTY-THREE , Erewhile so blythe and brave ! With alter'd brow thou sinkest now , Where none can stay or save ;—Where sire and son their race begun—Their birth-place ancl their grave . Time ' s circle thus absorbeth us
If rightly understood ; For who can say what happen may . In his so changeful mood ? Since life and death hangs on his breath—With evil gifts and good !
Well , FORTY-THREE ! Time buries thee With those who went before ; Within the womb , and future tomb Of one descendant more ; And , with the bell that sounds thy knell , We welcome FORTY-FOUR ! J . LEE STEVENS .
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The Last And The First Chimes, 1843-4.
THE LAST AND THE FIRST CHIMES , 1843-4 .
TOM , on , sad-pleasing bell , as thou hast clone For thousand years , to the mute heart appealing , Requiem affording to the days , months gone , Ancl , Janus-like , the future ones revealing . To us , the year has heen a year of sorrow , We lost our Chieftain whilst its days pass'd on ; Yet bring these bell sounds hopefulness to-morrow
Will give bright Masonry as good a son . * Yet stint we not the tribute to His worth . Although some errors to his share did fall ; The isolated summit of his birth Made him , perhaps , too much seclusion ' s thrall . No more!—the new ' s bell again is ringing
year Forth in exultant tones its merry sound— ' ¦ Music upon the night-breeze sweetly flinging , Making all hearts with hope of coming joy abound . Dec . 31 , 1843 . E . R . M .
No . 1 , & P . M . 49 .
The Renewed Year.
THE RENEWED YEAR .
FAREWELL to thee , old FORTY-THREE , Erewhile so blythe and brave ! With alter'd brow thou sinkest now , Where none can stay or save ;—Where sire and son their race begun—Their birth-place ancl their grave . Time ' s circle thus absorbeth us
If rightly understood ; For who can say what happen may . In his so changeful mood ? Since life and death hangs on his breath—With evil gifts and good !
Well , FORTY-THREE ! Time buries thee With those who went before ; Within the womb , and future tomb Of one descendant more ; And , with the bell that sounds thy knell , We welcome FORTY-FOUR ! J . LEE STEVENS .