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TO A LARK sixniNG CLOSE TO A RAILWAY STATION . BBAVK-HEAB-TEn bird ! who . ivitli undaunted wing , Despite the toiling engine ' s deafening sound , from this hare spot ou which no dew cloth lie . f . cretrn ,
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p so y ; Time was , when , resting on the fmrow'd ground , Thy nestlings wateh'd thee vanish in the sky . And , poised in air , thy hymn of rapture sing ; Vet e'en in this drear waste thou still hast found Sweet solace in the charm of minstrelsy , The gift of song within thy breast concealed . Oh , for thy spirit , bird I hopeful and strong , Bom of the life in poet ' s heart reveal'd , Which lifts the soul above all eare and wrong ! H . AI , P . THE . EVENING PRIMROSE . tVnEK day ' s last throes are drawing nigh
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y g . When chilly eve in clew pearls dight . Awaits the solemn tread of uiglit ; And ( lowers , that e ' er the sun had shed His lustrous halo round each head , In new-born beauty met the air
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] S ow jaded charms alone do wear ; Then doth the primrose elad in gold , . So coy her modest bloom unfold , Content to watch the evening star , And hear the lark ' s last notes afar ; She casts around her sweet perfume . The breath of praise we must assume , Since it is written in God ' s words ,
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, GRACE DARLING . BY BRO . OEOHQE MARKHAM TWEDDEIX . THEV say that thou diedst young , fair heroine I Few were the years thou number'dst upon earth ; Bnt though not thirty summer ' s flowers were thine , Thy name , whilst earth remains , will brightly shine , With the unclouded sheen of holy worth . Say not a well spent life is ever short
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Say not an ill spent life is ever long for thousands will unto thy tomb resort , And poets hymn thee in immortal song . Yea , future ages will thy praise proclaim , And tell how modest , brave , ancl kind wert thou . Children be taught to lisp thy honour'd name , ( Js ow consecrate to everlasting fame , ) And bloodless laurels e ' er bedeck thy brow . SHE IS IN'OT LISTENING NOW . I HELD a parley with tears
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My tears that fell like rain ; I cannot sing in these dull years The old exulting strain . What though this sad declining life Riches and fame endow , Too late the peace , too long the strife—She is not listening now . To thee , my travel wearied soul Would ever fly for rest , And nil its clear bought stores unroll Thou brightest and thou best ! Treasure above all wealth or lore , As I shall e ' er avow , Thou hast gone hence for evermore , Thou art not listening now !
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True that for thee I would have died , Or lived all fear above—And rudest shocks of life defied . With nn o v ermastering love—Tn vain this wild and frantic grief , In vain each fervent vow ;
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Slow time , wan age , bring small relief , 'ihe is not lislenim . ' now !
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Ahbound earth in dearest links
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, With tho soul ' s brightest chain . A whisper comes , " Thy spirit sinks Yet shall it 0111111 ) again To richest peace—to union sure , " My blest one answerest thou 1 0 worldthy worst endure
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, I may , for she is listening now 1 TOBACCO . \ PROPER MEDITATION FOP . ALL SMOKERS THIS Indian weed , now withered Is green at noon , out down at night Shows thy decay—
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- . All flesh is hay—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . This pipe , so lily white and weak , Doth well thy mortal state bespeak We are e ' en such , Gone with a touch—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
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Ancl when the smoke ascends on Then thou beholds the vanity Of worldly stuff . Gone with a puff—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the i foul
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ppe grows Think of thy soul defiled by sin ; for then the lire It doth require , — - Thus think , ancl smoke tobacco .
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And when the ash is cast away , Then to thyself well rnayest 1 hon That unto dust Return we must—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
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. CORRESPONDENCE
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[ TriK EDITOR does not hold himself responsible entertained by CorrespomlnUs
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. TO THE EDITOR OI * THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND SIR AXO RROTIIEK , —The kind reception given induces us to address 3 * 011 a second . "Wc are our thanks for your impartiality . After attack against 11 s , you opened the columns of answer . That was fair ; and indeed ive expected the serious and honest publication which is tlie Masonic body in England . Nevertheless , respects , satisfied with your answer . In the
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your letter , you merely maintained the in your first article . Now , our letter had , in beyond a doubt that the Order of Memphis is regularly established in England before tlie are confident of having annihilated the accusations us . Furthermore , moved by a spirit of candid offered to the truthfulness of our assertions
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documents . To this , what was your answer ? ing to discuss our letter or giving any proof opinion , you merely affirmed a second time and illegal society , and you forbade all Eng connexion with usunder the pain of
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beg to be allowed to make a few observations In the first place , how can you apply the a society which offers to prove by undeniable b y its conduct , that it is a Masonic one ; which it ' s temples to all Masons , whatever be the rite the } - belong to ; which never loses au opportunity to its ? Reall do not know
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meetings y we , dictionary and the grammar authorize to appl of secret to such a soeiet }' , bnt we firmly believ tion to be contrary to the rules of sound logic . " illegal" lied to our societywc humbl
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, app , y inability to discuss the point with you . Being English law , we do not know what penalty we oifence ( crime , may he ) . ' Perhaps we know of but the surface ^? Perhaps there is in the
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T . OP . ACCO . ,
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h , , , WITHER
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for any opiniom PIITLADELPHES . MASONIC MIRROR . to onr first letter anxious to express published an your paper to our nothing less from echo of the great
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arc not , in all which followed incriminations contained opinion , proved Masonic society , coup d ' etat , and ive brought against honesty , wc had by unquestionable without attemptsupport of your ours is a secret Masons to have
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. Wc upon these points . of secret to documents as well as opens the doors of or the country of inviting them in England the y the qualification e that denomina-As for the word acknowledge our ignorant of the liable to for our England nothing of your legis-
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TO A LARK sixniNG CLOSE TO A RAILWAY STATION . BBAVK-HEAB-TEn bird ! who . ivitli undaunted wing , Despite the toiling engine ' s deafening sound , from this hare spot ou which no dew cloth lie . f . cretrn ,
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p so y ; Time was , when , resting on the fmrow'd ground , Thy nestlings wateh'd thee vanish in the sky . And , poised in air , thy hymn of rapture sing ; Vet e'en in this drear waste thou still hast found Sweet solace in the charm of minstrelsy , The gift of song within thy breast concealed . Oh , for thy spirit , bird I hopeful and strong , Bom of the life in poet ' s heart reveal'd , Which lifts the soul above all eare and wrong ! H . AI , P . THE . EVENING PRIMROSE . tVnEK day ' s last throes are drawing nigh
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y g . When chilly eve in clew pearls dight . Awaits the solemn tread of uiglit ; And ( lowers , that e ' er the sun had shed His lustrous halo round each head , In new-born beauty met the air
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] S ow jaded charms alone do wear ; Then doth the primrose elad in gold , . So coy her modest bloom unfold , Content to watch the evening star , And hear the lark ' s last notes afar ; She casts around her sweet perfume . The breath of praise we must assume , Since it is written in God ' s words ,
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, GRACE DARLING . BY BRO . OEOHQE MARKHAM TWEDDEIX . THEV say that thou diedst young , fair heroine I Few were the years thou number'dst upon earth ; Bnt though not thirty summer ' s flowers were thine , Thy name , whilst earth remains , will brightly shine , With the unclouded sheen of holy worth . Say not a well spent life is ever short
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Say not an ill spent life is ever long for thousands will unto thy tomb resort , And poets hymn thee in immortal song . Yea , future ages will thy praise proclaim , And tell how modest , brave , ancl kind wert thou . Children be taught to lisp thy honour'd name , ( Js ow consecrate to everlasting fame , ) And bloodless laurels e ' er bedeck thy brow . SHE IS IN'OT LISTENING NOW . I HELD a parley with tears
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My tears that fell like rain ; I cannot sing in these dull years The old exulting strain . What though this sad declining life Riches and fame endow , Too late the peace , too long the strife—She is not listening now . To thee , my travel wearied soul Would ever fly for rest , And nil its clear bought stores unroll Thou brightest and thou best ! Treasure above all wealth or lore , As I shall e ' er avow , Thou hast gone hence for evermore , Thou art not listening now !
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True that for thee I would have died , Or lived all fear above—And rudest shocks of life defied . With nn o v ermastering love—Tn vain this wild and frantic grief , In vain each fervent vow ;
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Slow time , wan age , bring small relief , 'ihe is not lislenim . ' now !
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Ahbound earth in dearest links
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, With tho soul ' s brightest chain . A whisper comes , " Thy spirit sinks Yet shall it 0111111 ) again To richest peace—to union sure , " My blest one answerest thou 1 0 worldthy worst endure
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, I may , for she is listening now 1 TOBACCO . \ PROPER MEDITATION FOP . ALL SMOKERS THIS Indian weed , now withered Is green at noon , out down at night Shows thy decay—
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- . All flesh is hay—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . This pipe , so lily white and weak , Doth well thy mortal state bespeak We are e ' en such , Gone with a touch—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
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Ancl when the smoke ascends on Then thou beholds the vanity Of worldly stuff . Gone with a puff—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the i foul
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ppe grows Think of thy soul defiled by sin ; for then the lire It doth require , — - Thus think , ancl smoke tobacco .
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And when the ash is cast away , Then to thyself well rnayest 1 hon That unto dust Return we must—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
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. CORRESPONDENCE
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[ TriK EDITOR does not hold himself responsible entertained by CorrespomlnUs
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. TO THE EDITOR OI * THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND SIR AXO RROTIIEK , —The kind reception given induces us to address 3 * 011 a second . "Wc are our thanks for your impartiality . After attack against 11 s , you opened the columns of answer . That was fair ; and indeed ive expected the serious and honest publication which is tlie Masonic body in England . Nevertheless , respects , satisfied with your answer . In the
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your letter , you merely maintained the in your first article . Now , our letter had , in beyond a doubt that the Order of Memphis is regularly established in England before tlie are confident of having annihilated the accusations us . Furthermore , moved by a spirit of candid offered to the truthfulness of our assertions
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documents . To this , what was your answer ? ing to discuss our letter or giving any proof opinion , you merely affirmed a second time and illegal society , and you forbade all Eng connexion with usunder the pain of
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beg to be allowed to make a few observations In the first place , how can you apply the a society which offers to prove by undeniable b y its conduct , that it is a Masonic one ; which it ' s temples to all Masons , whatever be the rite the } - belong to ; which never loses au opportunity to its ? Reall do not know
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meetings y we , dictionary and the grammar authorize to appl of secret to such a soeiet }' , bnt we firmly believ tion to be contrary to the rules of sound logic . " illegal" lied to our societywc humbl
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, app , y inability to discuss the point with you . Being English law , we do not know what penalty we oifence ( crime , may he ) . ' Perhaps we know of but the surface ^? Perhaps there is in the
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T . OP . ACCO . ,
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h , , , WITHER
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for any opiniom PIITLADELPHES . MASONIC MIRROR . to onr first letter anxious to express published an your paper to our nothing less from echo of the great
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arc not , in all which followed incriminations contained opinion , proved Masonic society , coup d ' etat , and ive brought against honesty , wc had by unquestionable without attemptsupport of your ours is a secret Masons to have
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. Wc upon these points . of secret to documents as well as opens the doors of or the country of inviting them in England the y the qualification e that denomina-As for the word acknowledge our ignorant of the liable to for our England nothing of your legis-