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Sympathy.
SYMPATHY .
What renders man creation ' s lord ? Gives him the mast ' ry o ' er the globe ? Lends to the hero ' s spirit fire ? Invests with grace the regal robe ?
Burns in the patriot ' s ardent soul ? Inspires the statesman ' s brain and tongue 1 Gives canvass life and marble thought ? Wakes the immortal poet's song ? 'Tis Sympathy J—the flame divine , That in grand hearts sublimely glows , Filling the mind with living light , From which all human greatness flows .
The pure electric spark that thrills From heart to heart , through every grade , Till millions feel and think as one , Omnipotent hj union made . The great in ev ' ry rank of life , Their intellectual brethren own , And thoughts engender'd at the plough , Are read with rapture on the throne .
Till wisdom , virtue , folly , vice , Patrician or plebeian stamp , And nature ' s dignity alone Be recognized in court or camp . Till chilling ice of selfishness Melt into warm philanthropy ; A broad , bright , fertilizing stream , Adored as a divinity .
Till calculation cease to be p Twixt man and man the fragile link , And heartfelt kindness' glowing warmth Teach us to justly , nobly think . Till gen ' rous thought , on winged words , Fly o ' er the wide expanse of earth , Converting all to one bright creed Of love and undisputed truth .
While men of ev ' ry tongue and clime , Blent in one grand Fraternity , Conspire to build upon our globe A Heaven of august Masonry . Charles G ray .
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Sympathy.
SYMPATHY .
What renders man creation ' s lord ? Gives him the mast ' ry o ' er the globe ? Lends to the hero ' s spirit fire ? Invests with grace the regal robe ?
Burns in the patriot ' s ardent soul ? Inspires the statesman ' s brain and tongue 1 Gives canvass life and marble thought ? Wakes the immortal poet's song ? 'Tis Sympathy J—the flame divine , That in grand hearts sublimely glows , Filling the mind with living light , From which all human greatness flows .
The pure electric spark that thrills From heart to heart , through every grade , Till millions feel and think as one , Omnipotent hj union made . The great in ev ' ry rank of life , Their intellectual brethren own , And thoughts engender'd at the plough , Are read with rapture on the throne .
Till wisdom , virtue , folly , vice , Patrician or plebeian stamp , And nature ' s dignity alone Be recognized in court or camp . Till chilling ice of selfishness Melt into warm philanthropy ; A broad , bright , fertilizing stream , Adored as a divinity .
Till calculation cease to be p Twixt man and man the fragile link , And heartfelt kindness' glowing warmth Teach us to justly , nobly think . Till gen ' rous thought , on winged words , Fly o ' er the wide expanse of earth , Converting all to one bright creed Of love and undisputed truth .
While men of ev ' ry tongue and clime , Blent in one grand Fraternity , Conspire to build upon our globe A Heaven of august Masonry . Charles G ray .