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Article ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY AS ILLUSTRATED BY TO... ← Page 7 of 7 Article ODE. Page 1 of 1
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Anglo-Saxon History As Illustrated By To...
Fifty-ninth-pThe topographical names are a chief instrument in the absence of MSS ., or in aid of them , for determining the Anglofcaxonism of a w ord , for correcting its meaning , for supplying words Avhich have not been written doAvn and are obsolete , and for determining the antiquity of words used in speech , but . which have . ' never passed into literature .
Such are some of the conclusions to be arrived at from the direct application of these materials , or by their use in combination -with other evidence , and such are the questions Avhich are to be here discussed . It will , however , be needful , by way of basis , to record in detail many portions of the evidence , as well that the materials may be examined , as to afford a ground work for future inquiries in the extension or correction of the facts so brought forward .
^ In carrying out this plan , such matters will be taken in hand from time to time , by way of distinct essay , as may be found convenient , without any order being prescribed .
Ode.
ODE .
Of all the orders founded by the great , The Avise and good , of old or modern date , None like the Craft of Masonry can claim The glorious summit of immortal fame . Upon her principles creation stands , i Form'd by the first Almighty Mason ' s hands , Who by the rules of geometry displayed
His power and AAisdom through the worlds he made ; The soul of man Avith knoAvleclge he impress'd , And taught him Masonry to make liim bless'd ; But soon fond man forsook th' appointed road , And lost his knoAvledge when he left his God . Long time he Avander'd , sore with woe opprest , , And dire remorse stung home his conscious breast .
At length he pray'd ; and Heav ' n receiv'd his pray ' r , Pleas'd to behold Avith pity , and to spare ; And taught a Avay the science to regain , Through arduous study and laborious pain . But 'twas forbid the' secret to declare .
That all might equally the labour share ; And hence it is , the best alone can claim The noblest character , a Mason ' s name ; And that the art , from others' eyes conceal'd Remains a secret , as if ne ' er reveal'd .
Let cowans therefore and the upstart fry Of Gonnagons , our well earn'd praise deny . Our secrets let them as they will deride ; For thus the fabled fox the grapes decried ; While we superior to their malice live , / Vnd freely their conjectures wild forgive . G .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anglo-Saxon History As Illustrated By To...
Fifty-ninth-pThe topographical names are a chief instrument in the absence of MSS ., or in aid of them , for determining the Anglofcaxonism of a w ord , for correcting its meaning , for supplying words Avhich have not been written doAvn and are obsolete , and for determining the antiquity of words used in speech , but . which have . ' never passed into literature .
Such are some of the conclusions to be arrived at from the direct application of these materials , or by their use in combination -with other evidence , and such are the questions Avhich are to be here discussed . It will , however , be needful , by way of basis , to record in detail many portions of the evidence , as well that the materials may be examined , as to afford a ground work for future inquiries in the extension or correction of the facts so brought forward .
^ In carrying out this plan , such matters will be taken in hand from time to time , by way of distinct essay , as may be found convenient , without any order being prescribed .
Ode.
ODE .
Of all the orders founded by the great , The Avise and good , of old or modern date , None like the Craft of Masonry can claim The glorious summit of immortal fame . Upon her principles creation stands , i Form'd by the first Almighty Mason ' s hands , Who by the rules of geometry displayed
His power and AAisdom through the worlds he made ; The soul of man Avith knoAvleclge he impress'd , And taught him Masonry to make liim bless'd ; But soon fond man forsook th' appointed road , And lost his knoAvledge when he left his God . Long time he Avander'd , sore with woe opprest , , And dire remorse stung home his conscious breast .
At length he pray'd ; and Heav ' n receiv'd his pray ' r , Pleas'd to behold Avith pity , and to spare ; And taught a Avay the science to regain , Through arduous study and laborious pain . But 'twas forbid the' secret to declare .
That all might equally the labour share ; And hence it is , the best alone can claim The noblest character , a Mason ' s name ; And that the art , from others' eyes conceal'd Remains a secret , as if ne ' er reveal'd .
Let cowans therefore and the upstart fry Of Gonnagons , our well earn'd praise deny . Our secrets let them as they will deride ; For thus the fabled fox the grapes decried ; While we superior to their malice live , / Vnd freely their conjectures wild forgive . G .