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Valedictory Sonnet.
VALEDICTORY SONNET .
ONCE more old Time has run his round ; once more A record made of follies to deplore—Of crimes to be atoned—and , best regarded . Where truthfulness and mercy most are given , Of goodly deeds , erewhile to be rewarded , Perhaps on earth , assuredly in heaven ! What now becomes mankind ?—what most beseems
The true FREEMASON , ere the morning beams Usher the new year in ? What but to cast Aside all recollections of the past , That are not grateful , loving , and benign ! This be the token , then , th' enduring sign ,
That FAITH , and HOPE , and CHARITY have thriven , As they should thrive with us—FORGIVE AND BE FORGIVEN ! J . LEE STEVENS .
December 31 , 1849 .
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Valedictory Sonnet.
VALEDICTORY SONNET .
ONCE more old Time has run his round ; once more A record made of follies to deplore—Of crimes to be atoned—and , best regarded . Where truthfulness and mercy most are given , Of goodly deeds , erewhile to be rewarded , Perhaps on earth , assuredly in heaven ! What now becomes mankind ?—what most beseems
The true FREEMASON , ere the morning beams Usher the new year in ? What but to cast Aside all recollections of the past , That are not grateful , loving , and benign ! This be the token , then , th' enduring sign ,
That FAITH , and HOPE , and CHARITY have thriven , As they should thrive with us—FORGIVE AND BE FORGIVEN ! J . LEE STEVENS .
December 31 , 1849 .