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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.
Ma gazine , " and it is to be under the joint editorshi p of Mr . Leopold Wagner ( whoso « Redding Waltz" has recently been so popular in Hull ) and of Mr . Edmund fyrirmlesworth , the latter of whom contributes a very readable paper to the Silver Tokens
specimen number , " , " on Cromwell and the Commonwealth . Why they should have taken the title of a defunct magazine , instead of an entirely new one , such as the " United Amateur Authors ' Magazine , " I cannot see . Anyhow , I will watch with interest the progress of this novel , and ( as I think ) commendable
society . I am delighted to learn from the newspapers , that tbe members of the arehaeolorieal section of the Falcon Lodge of Freemasons , recently established at Thirsk , have been paying a visit to the interesting old church at Leakeand the old Hall close by .
, I hope at some time to supply to the " Masonic Magazine" an account of my own visit to his church a year ago , when visiting aiy clear old friend , the rector of Cowesby , who was kind enough to accompany me during a pelting rain . The church at
Thirsk also is worthy of a notice . Though no longer an operative body , but rather applying the tools of our ancient brethren to our morals , by that inimitable symbolic teaching which ist he distinguishing characteristic of Freemasonry , at least since " the
Revival , " yet every Masonic Lodge should have its archaeological section like that at -Thirst , and also sections for carrying their researches into all the hidden mysteries of nature and science . Though residing only at a distance of some twenty miles from Thirsk , I know nothing of the Falcon Lod ge save what I read in the papers ; but were it situated in the most distant
regions of the earth , instead of in Yorkshire , I would equally wish it success ; for the true Freemason knows full well that there ls nothing local or sectarian in the grand Principles of the Craft , which next to the moral and social virtues numbers all the liberal
arts and sciences , and every genuine brother will do his best to make them flourish around the globe . The following excellent Inaugural Address , spoken by Miss Leighton , in the character of Clio , the Ruse of History , at ¦ to . _ John Coleman ' s brilliant revival of portions of Shakspere ' s historical plays of
King Henry the Fourth and Fifth in one drama , at the London Queen's Theatre , though the able author's name is not given , is worthy of a more permanent place than the columns of a newspaper : —
" To-night , ye come to see strange pageants pass Obscurely in a great Magician's glass . Banners shall wave , sharp spears shall gleam i' the air , And in their midst ono Shape supremely
fair—Harry the Fifth , his helm with laurel bound , Shall hover , to the silverntrumpet'ssound . Before your sight , upon the mimic scene , I summon up the Forms that once have
been ; But I , who bid these shining Shapes appear , Am but the great Magician's handmaid here : 'lis SHAKSPERE ' S self who , singing from his tomb , Makes dead Kings waken , and a dead world bloom !
They come ! They gather ! By his strain set free , They move to music of his fantasy . King of immortal Song , he singeth clear , And once again these lesser Kings appear I Honour to him , and not to them , we pay .
They ruled your England for a little day . He rules our realm for ever ! One by one , They gladden'd , or they sadden'd , in the sun ; Then in their season perish'd with their ride
p ; But till the end our Poet shall abide , Flowers in his hands , a crown upon his head , Tho kingliest King that ever England bred !
And if we humbly seek to blend in one Two pictures of dead kings whose race is run , So that , upon the mimic scene , this night , Both the proud Harries flash before your siht
g , Forgive a deed which ] is in reverence wrought , Better to shadow forth our Master ' s thought .
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Notes On Literature, Science And Art.
Ma gazine , " and it is to be under the joint editorshi p of Mr . Leopold Wagner ( whoso « Redding Waltz" has recently been so popular in Hull ) and of Mr . Edmund fyrirmlesworth , the latter of whom contributes a very readable paper to the Silver Tokens
specimen number , " , " on Cromwell and the Commonwealth . Why they should have taken the title of a defunct magazine , instead of an entirely new one , such as the " United Amateur Authors ' Magazine , " I cannot see . Anyhow , I will watch with interest the progress of this novel , and ( as I think ) commendable
society . I am delighted to learn from the newspapers , that tbe members of the arehaeolorieal section of the Falcon Lodge of Freemasons , recently established at Thirsk , have been paying a visit to the interesting old church at Leakeand the old Hall close by .
, I hope at some time to supply to the " Masonic Magazine" an account of my own visit to his church a year ago , when visiting aiy clear old friend , the rector of Cowesby , who was kind enough to accompany me during a pelting rain . The church at
Thirsk also is worthy of a notice . Though no longer an operative body , but rather applying the tools of our ancient brethren to our morals , by that inimitable symbolic teaching which ist he distinguishing characteristic of Freemasonry , at least since " the
Revival , " yet every Masonic Lodge should have its archaeological section like that at -Thirst , and also sections for carrying their researches into all the hidden mysteries of nature and science . Though residing only at a distance of some twenty miles from Thirsk , I know nothing of the Falcon Lod ge save what I read in the papers ; but were it situated in the most distant
regions of the earth , instead of in Yorkshire , I would equally wish it success ; for the true Freemason knows full well that there ls nothing local or sectarian in the grand Principles of the Craft , which next to the moral and social virtues numbers all the liberal
arts and sciences , and every genuine brother will do his best to make them flourish around the globe . The following excellent Inaugural Address , spoken by Miss Leighton , in the character of Clio , the Ruse of History , at ¦ to . _ John Coleman ' s brilliant revival of portions of Shakspere ' s historical plays of
King Henry the Fourth and Fifth in one drama , at the London Queen's Theatre , though the able author's name is not given , is worthy of a more permanent place than the columns of a newspaper : —
" To-night , ye come to see strange pageants pass Obscurely in a great Magician's glass . Banners shall wave , sharp spears shall gleam i' the air , And in their midst ono Shape supremely
fair—Harry the Fifth , his helm with laurel bound , Shall hover , to the silverntrumpet'ssound . Before your sight , upon the mimic scene , I summon up the Forms that once have
been ; But I , who bid these shining Shapes appear , Am but the great Magician's handmaid here : 'lis SHAKSPERE ' S self who , singing from his tomb , Makes dead Kings waken , and a dead world bloom !
They come ! They gather ! By his strain set free , They move to music of his fantasy . King of immortal Song , he singeth clear , And once again these lesser Kings appear I Honour to him , and not to them , we pay .
They ruled your England for a little day . He rules our realm for ever ! One by one , They gladden'd , or they sadden'd , in the sun ; Then in their season perish'd with their ride
p ; But till the end our Poet shall abide , Flowers in his hands , a crown upon his head , Tho kingliest King that ever England bred !
And if we humbly seek to blend in one Two pictures of dead kings whose race is run , So that , upon the mimic scene , this night , Both the proud Harries flash before your siht
g , Forgive a deed which ] is in reverence wrought , Better to shadow forth our Master ' s thought .