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Poetry.
POETRY .
AN ACROSTIC PANEGYRIC ON MASONRY . F REEMASONRY , when first designed , pourtrayed a noble plan—R efinement in its germ—to nourish and form the future man ; E mbellished and sublime , the offspring of a distant age ; E nveloped in the garb of truth—based on the Sacred Page . M ystically veiled , though beautiful , are its emblems of eternity ;
A nd concord ' s ties unite with friendship and fraternity . S incerity it combines with all that ' s pure and just . O ' er it the heart may ponder , and in its precepts trust ; N ot to beguile our hearts from that blissful haven , R efulgent and beautiful , ' tis neither sordid nor craven , Y et fosters that Utopian hope , the soul ' s visioned heaven . W . T . HARDING , Nelson of the Nile Lodge , No . 330 .
On A Tear.
ON A TEAR .
I ' seen the bright tear , like a lucid pearl , Glisten bright in the swollen-eye ; I ' ve seen the sweet Up unconsciously curl , ' As the bosom has heaved a deep sigh . I ' ve seen the sad tear like the morning dew , As it shines on each leafy bower ;
I ' ve seen the eye ' s lustre , ere sorrow it knew , Close as dim as the fading flower . I 've seen the soft tears on the pallid cheek Transparent and copious roll ; I ' ve seen the heart heave in anguish , to speak The pensive griefs of a troubled soul .
I ' ve seen the . big tear trace the cheek of youth , And the eye that is dimm'd with years ; I ' ve read in its language a verbal truth , That ' s spoken in flowing tears , — O ! the briny tear is the truest token Of a pierced soul—of a heart that ' s broken . W . T . HARDING , Nelson of the Nile Lodge , No . 330 .
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Poetry.
POETRY .
AN ACROSTIC PANEGYRIC ON MASONRY . F REEMASONRY , when first designed , pourtrayed a noble plan—R efinement in its germ—to nourish and form the future man ; E mbellished and sublime , the offspring of a distant age ; E nveloped in the garb of truth—based on the Sacred Page . M ystically veiled , though beautiful , are its emblems of eternity ;
A nd concord ' s ties unite with friendship and fraternity . S incerity it combines with all that ' s pure and just . O ' er it the heart may ponder , and in its precepts trust ; N ot to beguile our hearts from that blissful haven , R efulgent and beautiful , ' tis neither sordid nor craven , Y et fosters that Utopian hope , the soul ' s visioned heaven . W . T . HARDING , Nelson of the Nile Lodge , No . 330 .
On A Tear.
ON A TEAR .
I ' seen the bright tear , like a lucid pearl , Glisten bright in the swollen-eye ; I ' ve seen the sweet Up unconsciously curl , ' As the bosom has heaved a deep sigh . I ' ve seen the sad tear like the morning dew , As it shines on each leafy bower ;
I ' ve seen the eye ' s lustre , ere sorrow it knew , Close as dim as the fading flower . I 've seen the soft tears on the pallid cheek Transparent and copious roll ; I ' ve seen the heart heave in anguish , to speak The pensive griefs of a troubled soul .
I ' ve seen the . big tear trace the cheek of youth , And the eye that is dimm'd with years ; I ' ve read in its language a verbal truth , That ' s spoken in flowing tears , — O ! the briny tear is the truest token Of a pierced soul—of a heart that ' s broken . W . T . HARDING , Nelson of the Nile Lodge , No . 330 .