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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

pervade the volume throughout , makes one regard the author as a worthy man and Mason , for such I am sure he is . Jlere is a simple extract from one of the siveet English poems Avith foreign titles : —

" HOAV many , a Avither'd heart is stirr'd By the memory of past years ; How often does some casual word Soothe present cares and fears ; For no longer toiling all alone We are companied again With those we once could call our

OATOFair women , kindly men ! The trusty mate is laughing still , The little child demure , The bright dear face , the tender will , The heart so brave and pure . ' The silvery voice is speaking In accents soft and low , And love seems once more seeking The bowers of' Long Ago . '"

And again , in the same poem ( " Tiemp Passati , " as he calls it ) : — " Oh ! what would Ave noAv give once more To greet some much-loved face ; To treasure again that precious store Of tenderness and grace ; To grasp once more that clinging hand , To listen to that voice , Which , like as in a fairy land , Could bid our hopes rejoice . "

Aud again : —¦ " Then let us cherish that long array Of years that are pass'd and gone ; AVe seem to greet them again to day As old friends one by one ; For they take us back to a happier hour

, To forms and faces dear , And Ave seem to be plucking the odorous flow ' rs In the springtime of the year .

We turn to our work and cares again With a calm and radiant broAv , We are not alone in the midst of men , Nor deserted even now ; No , ours is the dream of a brighter past , Of dear friends , fair days of yore , And we hope to meet again at last , And meet to piart no more . "

In " Ad Euphrosynen" Ave have : — How many changes have there been , How many a sad and cbeqner'd scene ,

Since I heard that song you so often sung , In the days when you and I were young . " In " Sis Faustus Felix " : — " How joyous still is youth , How rapid its advance ,

HOAV pleasant are its merry Avays , How true its guileless g lance ; Aud tho' young folks will often doubt this very certain truth , HOAV many would exchange their wealth for one glad hour of youth ?"

In the poem entitled "Masks" ( quite refreshing to find au English title for one of his truely English p ieces ) he sings : — " We all wear masks upon our faces , And few of us can truly tell What are really earthly feelings :

AVe all can act and feign so well . Sometimes in that idle laughter Which greets us Avith its echoing shout , There ' s but the witness of a sorroAv ¦ The jester never lives without ; Sometimes Avhen we seem most merry , And look the most devoid of care , We could sit us down and Aveep , For the heartache we must bear . "

In " Vitse Confessio" ( another foreign title !) - . — " How sad these slaveries of life Which deaden , and debase , And bind so close to earth and time Our weak and wayAvard race !"

And again , in the same poem : — " Oh , yes ! Avhate ' er a worldly lore May make us trust to-day , There ' s not a joy this earth can give Like those it takes away . "

In " Aspiratio Poet « " he sings : — " Yes , Ave AVIIO noAv are often Avondering At things in Avhich Ave bear a part , Yet hardly fathom , let ' s remember How wond ' rous is the human heart .

Oh ! let us cling to those emotions Which bind us closer to our Kin ; Which serve to link our outAvard strivings With true and loviug souls within ^ Thus heart to heart , and soul to soul , ^ Let's brave the wave of earthly strife Thus in dear and loving union _ Let's wage the battle-storm oflife !

“The Masonic Magazine: 1876-01-01, Page 42” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 23 March 2023, masonicperiodicals.org/periodicals/mmg/issues/mmg_01011876/page/42/.
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Untitled Article 1
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 2
THE HONBLE MRS. ALDWORTH. Article 3
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 4
THE MASONIC SIGN. Article 6
AN INDIAN MASONIC WELCOME TO OUR GRAND MASTER. Article 7
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 8
BYE-LAWS OF THE YORK LODGE: No. 236. Article 10
EARLY MEETINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 14
CURFEW MUST NOT RING TO-NIGHT. Article 16
THE FREEMASONS AND ARCHTECTURE IN ENGLAND. Article 17
WOMAN'S CHOICE —THE STORY OF A HERO. Article 18
UNDER CURRENTS. Article 23
THE LAST WISH. Article 25
NOTES ON THE OLD MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BRITISH UNION LODGE, NO. 114, IPSWICH. AD. 1762. Article 25
AN ORIGINAL TOAST, Article 30
SONNET. Article 30
A WORD TO THE WISE. Article 31
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 32
THE NEW YEAR. Article 35
THE WIDOW'S STRATAGEM. Article 36
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 39
ADDRESS OF THE V. H. AND E. SIR KT. COL. W. J. B. MACLEOD MOORE, Article 43
THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. Article 45
Review. Article 48
SONNET. Article 49
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

pervade the volume throughout , makes one regard the author as a worthy man and Mason , for such I am sure he is . Jlere is a simple extract from one of the siveet English poems Avith foreign titles : —

" HOAV many , a Avither'd heart is stirr'd By the memory of past years ; How often does some casual word Soothe present cares and fears ; For no longer toiling all alone We are companied again With those we once could call our

OATOFair women , kindly men ! The trusty mate is laughing still , The little child demure , The bright dear face , the tender will , The heart so brave and pure . ' The silvery voice is speaking In accents soft and low , And love seems once more seeking The bowers of' Long Ago . '"

And again , in the same poem ( " Tiemp Passati , " as he calls it ) : — " Oh ! what would Ave noAv give once more To greet some much-loved face ; To treasure again that precious store Of tenderness and grace ; To grasp once more that clinging hand , To listen to that voice , Which , like as in a fairy land , Could bid our hopes rejoice . "

Aud again : —¦ " Then let us cherish that long array Of years that are pass'd and gone ; AVe seem to greet them again to day As old friends one by one ; For they take us back to a happier hour

, To forms and faces dear , And Ave seem to be plucking the odorous flow ' rs In the springtime of the year .

We turn to our work and cares again With a calm and radiant broAv , We are not alone in the midst of men , Nor deserted even now ; No , ours is the dream of a brighter past , Of dear friends , fair days of yore , And we hope to meet again at last , And meet to piart no more . "

In " Ad Euphrosynen" Ave have : — How many changes have there been , How many a sad and cbeqner'd scene ,

Since I heard that song you so often sung , In the days when you and I were young . " In " Sis Faustus Felix " : — " How joyous still is youth , How rapid its advance ,

HOAV pleasant are its merry Avays , How true its guileless g lance ; Aud tho' young folks will often doubt this very certain truth , HOAV many would exchange their wealth for one glad hour of youth ?"

In the poem entitled "Masks" ( quite refreshing to find au English title for one of his truely English p ieces ) he sings : — " We all wear masks upon our faces , And few of us can truly tell What are really earthly feelings :

AVe all can act and feign so well . Sometimes in that idle laughter Which greets us Avith its echoing shout , There ' s but the witness of a sorroAv ¦ The jester never lives without ; Sometimes Avhen we seem most merry , And look the most devoid of care , We could sit us down and Aveep , For the heartache we must bear . "

In " Vitse Confessio" ( another foreign title !) - . — " How sad these slaveries of life Which deaden , and debase , And bind so close to earth and time Our weak and wayAvard race !"

And again , in the same poem : — " Oh , yes ! Avhate ' er a worldly lore May make us trust to-day , There ' s not a joy this earth can give Like those it takes away . "

In " Aspiratio Poet « " he sings : — " Yes , Ave AVIIO noAv are often Avondering At things in Avhich Ave bear a part , Yet hardly fathom , let ' s remember How wond ' rous is the human heart .

Oh ! let us cling to those emotions Which bind us closer to our Kin ; Which serve to link our outAvard strivings With true and loviug souls within ^ Thus heart to heart , and soul to soul , ^ Let's brave the wave of earthly strife Thus in dear and loving union _ Let's wage the battle-storm oflife !

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