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Masonic Architecture.
MASONIC ARCHITECTURE .
FROM THE EEENCH . Gentle reader , wouldst thou know , Where our Masonry is based ? Then to nature must thou go , There alone thou'lt find it placed . Mansart and Vitruvius
,---Sages they of by-gone years , — Honour to them ! but with us , Art has greater ends than theirs . Works of glory , works of might , Grander far than tongue can tell , Only built to please the sight , These we aim not to excel . In the noblest of them all , Rear'd with all the skill of man
. There is nought , however small , For our own far nobler plan . Them , and others such as they , Honour , as is justly due ; And let us , as well we may , Imitate their virtues too . But he who ever zealously
Aims at good with soul and . heart , That man shall the model be Of our pure Masonic art . When King Solomon of old To the honour of God ' s name Rear'd a temple , rich with gold , And the earth was fill'd with fame Of its glories , —though for years
Twas the pride of human skill , — Our art no such structures rears , But our works are greater still . Let men wonder , as they must , At the pinnacles of yore , Till they crumble into dust , Types of our works , —nothing more : We too build ; but ivory ,
Marble , wood , and stone , and lime , — . These things are not used , for we Build for ever , not for time . In the hearts of men we lay Our foundation ; and where ' er Yice reigns , labour if we may Rear a fano to virtue there . With love , truth , and equity ,
We build , for the good of alb Such our works of Masonry , Shall they , can they , ever fall ? F , C . ] 2 i
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Masonic Architecture.
MASONIC ARCHITECTURE .
FROM THE EEENCH . Gentle reader , wouldst thou know , Where our Masonry is based ? Then to nature must thou go , There alone thou'lt find it placed . Mansart and Vitruvius
,---Sages they of by-gone years , — Honour to them ! but with us , Art has greater ends than theirs . Works of glory , works of might , Grander far than tongue can tell , Only built to please the sight , These we aim not to excel . In the noblest of them all , Rear'd with all the skill of man
. There is nought , however small , For our own far nobler plan . Them , and others such as they , Honour , as is justly due ; And let us , as well we may , Imitate their virtues too . But he who ever zealously
Aims at good with soul and . heart , That man shall the model be Of our pure Masonic art . When King Solomon of old To the honour of God ' s name Rear'd a temple , rich with gold , And the earth was fill'd with fame Of its glories , —though for years
Twas the pride of human skill , — Our art no such structures rears , But our works are greater still . Let men wonder , as they must , At the pinnacles of yore , Till they crumble into dust , Types of our works , —nothing more : We too build ; but ivory ,
Marble , wood , and stone , and lime , — . These things are not used , for we Build for ever , not for time . In the hearts of men we lay Our foundation ; and where ' er Yice reigns , labour if we may Rear a fano to virtue there . With love , truth , and equity ,
We build , for the good of alb Such our works of Masonry , Shall they , can they , ever fall ? F , C . ] 2 i