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Antient Mother Lodge , Kilwinning , ( attended by all the Mason Lodges in Ayrshire ) , according to the antient usages of Masonry . Thomas Hamilton , junior , Edinburgh , architect , John Connell , junior , builder and contractor /
" After which the R . W . D . O . M . exhibited com , wine , and oil in true Masonic style , and delivered the following address : — u 4 Brethren , may corn , Avine , and oil abound ; may all that is useful and ornamental be cultivated amongst us ; and may all that can invigorate the body , or elevate the soul , shed their blest influence on our native land . " We have at length assembled to pay a grateful , although a tardy , tribute to the genius of Robert Burns , our Ayrshire poet , and the bard of Coila . There surely lives not the man so dull , so flinty , or phlegmatic , who could witness this event Avithout emotion . But to thdse whose
heartstrings have thrilled responsive to the chords of the poet ' s lyre—Avhose bosoms have swelled like his , with love and friendship , with tenderness and spmpathy , have glowed with patriotism , or panted for glory—this hour must be an hour of exultation . Whether Ave consider the time , the place , or the circumstances , at once in operation on our feelings and our fancieshis muse , alas ! is mute—who could alone have dared to paint "the" proud breathings of such an assembly at such a moment . Ui
When we consider the time , we cannot forget that this day is the anniversary of that Avhich gave our poet the light of heaven . Bleak is the prospect around us ; the Avood , the hawthorn , and ' the birken shaw" arc leafless ; not a thrush has yet essayed to clear the furrowed broAv of ivinter ; but this , we know , shall pass away , give place , and be succeeded by the buds of spring and the blossoms of summer . Chill and cheerless Avas our poet ' s natal day ; but soon the wild floAvers of poesy sprang , as it Avere , beneath his boyish tread ; they opened as he advanced , expanded as
he matured , until he revelled in all the richness of luxuriance . Poverty and disappointment hung frowning around him and haunted his path ; but soothed and charmed by the fitful visits of his native muse , and crowned , as in a vision , with the holly Avreath , he Avantoned in a fairy land , the bright creation of his own vivid and enwrapt imagination . His musings have been our delight . Men of the loftiest talents , and of taste the most refined , have praised them ;—men of strong and sterling , but untutored , intellect , have admired them : the poet of the heart is the poet of mankind .
" ' When Ave consider the place , let us remember that these very- scenes Avhich we now look upon , awakened in his youthful breast that animating spark which burst upon the world with a blaze of inspiration . In yonder cottage he first drew breath : in that depository of the lowly dead sleeps the once humble , uoav immortal , model of the cottage life—there rests his
pious father— -and there it was his fond and anxious wish that his dust should have been mingled with the beloved and kindred ashes . Below us flows the Uoon , the classic Doon , but made classic by his harmony ; there , gliding through the woods , and laving his banks and braes , he rolls his clear and far-fetched waters' to the ocean . Before us stands the ruins of
Kirk Alloway , shrouded in all the mystic imagery with which it is enveloped by his magic spells—Kirk Alloway ! to name it , is enough . u , then , the time and place are so congenial with our fond impressions , the circumstances which have enabled us to carry into effect this
commemoration of our bard , must give delight to every enthusiastic mind . In every region where our language to heard , the song of Burns gives rapture—and from every region , and from climes the most remote , the votive offerings pour in to aid our undertaking ; and the edifice , which avc have now begun , shall stand a proud and lasting testimony ofthe world ' s admira-
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Biographical Sketches Of Eminent (Deceas...
Antient Mother Lodge , Kilwinning , ( attended by all the Mason Lodges in Ayrshire ) , according to the antient usages of Masonry . Thomas Hamilton , junior , Edinburgh , architect , John Connell , junior , builder and contractor /
" After which the R . W . D . O . M . exhibited com , wine , and oil in true Masonic style , and delivered the following address : — u 4 Brethren , may corn , Avine , and oil abound ; may all that is useful and ornamental be cultivated amongst us ; and may all that can invigorate the body , or elevate the soul , shed their blest influence on our native land . " We have at length assembled to pay a grateful , although a tardy , tribute to the genius of Robert Burns , our Ayrshire poet , and the bard of Coila . There surely lives not the man so dull , so flinty , or phlegmatic , who could witness this event Avithout emotion . But to thdse whose
heartstrings have thrilled responsive to the chords of the poet ' s lyre—Avhose bosoms have swelled like his , with love and friendship , with tenderness and spmpathy , have glowed with patriotism , or panted for glory—this hour must be an hour of exultation . Whether Ave consider the time , the place , or the circumstances , at once in operation on our feelings and our fancieshis muse , alas ! is mute—who could alone have dared to paint "the" proud breathings of such an assembly at such a moment . Ui
When we consider the time , we cannot forget that this day is the anniversary of that Avhich gave our poet the light of heaven . Bleak is the prospect around us ; the Avood , the hawthorn , and ' the birken shaw" arc leafless ; not a thrush has yet essayed to clear the furrowed broAv of ivinter ; but this , we know , shall pass away , give place , and be succeeded by the buds of spring and the blossoms of summer . Chill and cheerless Avas our poet ' s natal day ; but soon the wild floAvers of poesy sprang , as it Avere , beneath his boyish tread ; they opened as he advanced , expanded as
he matured , until he revelled in all the richness of luxuriance . Poverty and disappointment hung frowning around him and haunted his path ; but soothed and charmed by the fitful visits of his native muse , and crowned , as in a vision , with the holly Avreath , he Avantoned in a fairy land , the bright creation of his own vivid and enwrapt imagination . His musings have been our delight . Men of the loftiest talents , and of taste the most refined , have praised them ;—men of strong and sterling , but untutored , intellect , have admired them : the poet of the heart is the poet of mankind .
" ' When Ave consider the place , let us remember that these very- scenes Avhich we now look upon , awakened in his youthful breast that animating spark which burst upon the world with a blaze of inspiration . In yonder cottage he first drew breath : in that depository of the lowly dead sleeps the once humble , uoav immortal , model of the cottage life—there rests his
pious father— -and there it was his fond and anxious wish that his dust should have been mingled with the beloved and kindred ashes . Below us flows the Uoon , the classic Doon , but made classic by his harmony ; there , gliding through the woods , and laving his banks and braes , he rolls his clear and far-fetched waters' to the ocean . Before us stands the ruins of
Kirk Alloway , shrouded in all the mystic imagery with which it is enveloped by his magic spells—Kirk Alloway ! to name it , is enough . u , then , the time and place are so congenial with our fond impressions , the circumstances which have enabled us to carry into effect this
commemoration of our bard , must give delight to every enthusiastic mind . In every region where our language to heard , the song of Burns gives rapture—and from every region , and from climes the most remote , the votive offerings pour in to aid our undertaking ; and the edifice , which avc have now begun , shall stand a proud and lasting testimony ofthe world ' s admira-