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Alone.
Away , these thoughts of folly- — Away this selfish care ; Be done with melancholy , For God is everywhere ! The stars that shine above me , Each bird , and flower , and stone , Prove there is One to love me , . And I am not alone !
j \> ., 1878 .
Description Of A Church Situated In Fort Manoel, Malta, In Which Are Several Interesting Masonic Illustrations.
DESCRIPTION OF A CHURCH SITUATED IN FORT MANOEL , MALTA , IN WHICH ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING MASONIC ILLUSTRATIONS .
FOBT MANOEL is situated on an island in the Quarantine Harbour , west of the city of Valetta , built in the year 1726 , by Don Manoel de Vilhena , of the Portuguese language ( language being the word used as descriptive of the country to which each knight belonged ) . On ascending several steps from the water , we arrive at the gate and drawbridge leading into the fort . At the gate are two pillars , of a fancy composite order . Beside the capital of the south pillar there is the remains of the figure of a lion ; on the north , an eagle supporting a hand grasping a sword ; under the capital , a wreath and cypher ,
thus—FIG . i . - Passing over the drawbridge into the fortress , we have immediately before us a stone statue , and fountain—now diy—representing Moses striking the rock of Horeb for water , during the passage of the Israelites through the wilderness ( vide Book of Exodus xvii . 6 ); but it is much disfigured , having been shamefully maltreated by the French troopswhen they occupied this place , as was their wontboth in Malta and
, , the Greek islands . Ascending another flight of steps , we find ourselves in the square of the fort , in the centre of which is a bronze figure of Don Manoel de Vilhena , in the costume of the time of Charles II ., decorated as a Knight of Malta . Proceeding a little farther , we
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Alone.
Away , these thoughts of folly- — Away this selfish care ; Be done with melancholy , For God is everywhere ! The stars that shine above me , Each bird , and flower , and stone , Prove there is One to love me , . And I am not alone !
j \> ., 1878 .
Description Of A Church Situated In Fort Manoel, Malta, In Which Are Several Interesting Masonic Illustrations.
DESCRIPTION OF A CHURCH SITUATED IN FORT MANOEL , MALTA , IN WHICH ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING MASONIC ILLUSTRATIONS .
FOBT MANOEL is situated on an island in the Quarantine Harbour , west of the city of Valetta , built in the year 1726 , by Don Manoel de Vilhena , of the Portuguese language ( language being the word used as descriptive of the country to which each knight belonged ) . On ascending several steps from the water , we arrive at the gate and drawbridge leading into the fort . At the gate are two pillars , of a fancy composite order . Beside the capital of the south pillar there is the remains of the figure of a lion ; on the north , an eagle supporting a hand grasping a sword ; under the capital , a wreath and cypher ,
thus—FIG . i . - Passing over the drawbridge into the fortress , we have immediately before us a stone statue , and fountain—now diy—representing Moses striking the rock of Horeb for water , during the passage of the Israelites through the wilderness ( vide Book of Exodus xvii . 6 ); but it is much disfigured , having been shamefully maltreated by the French troopswhen they occupied this place , as was their wontboth in Malta and
, , the Greek islands . Ascending another flight of steps , we find ourselves in the square of the fort , in the centre of which is a bronze figure of Don Manoel de Vilhena , in the costume of the time of Charles II ., decorated as a Knight of Malta . Proceeding a little farther , we