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La Vendee. A Dramatic Poem.
From thine old stores , and smile to see how still That angel beauty gleams through every dress . Genius ! thou art embodied light , a lamp For souls . As stars guide on man ' s steps , And keep him from the meshes night doth weave |
So dost thou stand , and with unearthly voice Sounding through tempests which o ' erpower the heart , With thy white banner planted near the gates Of the Almighty ' s habitation , still Vividly wav ' st it through the mists , to show Our onward course .
To some thou plainly beckonest , through storms , And wilds , and weary ways . The toilers climb Each fever'd hill , and reach thy queenly feet ; Then lie within thy arms , and sob themselves Into forgetfulness of earth . Once more Loosen'd from thy embrace , revisit this Low sphere , but with thy seal upon their brow ,
Th'immortal kiss of light upon their lips . O thought ! thought ! thought ! for ever could I rest Folded within thine arms , and with thee gaze Upon such heavenliness ; lie where the least , The faintest ray doth fall from genius' orbs , Till my whole self were ' pregnated with light !
Light , dewy light ! Jehovah ' s emanation , Type of the great "I AM , "—soft , brilliant , clear , Whom all can penetrate , and none can solve , — Simple , mysterious , pervading space , Beaming on worlds , illuminating heaven , Folded within the daisy ' s narrow cup . [ Enter Henri de LarocJiejamelein .
Bro . Habbis . —We beg to draw the attention of the Craft to the present destitute condition of this highly intelligent and deserving Brother . It may not be generally known that he has established an unrivalled reputation for skill in supplying leaves and missing portions to old Caxtons , Wynkin de Worde , Pynsons , and other ancient printers , pome of which restorations are so admirably done , not only in the type , but in the paper , that they cannot be discovered from the originals . Moreover , he is the painter of the prize tracing-boards , in use every Friday evening at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Some years ago
he lost the use of Ids right eye , and lately underwent a painful operation on the left one , so that since that time his sight having gradually failed , he has been entirely disabled from attending to hi . * profession as an artist . In consequence also of a tumour , his wife ' s sight is seriously impaired . We understand that he intends applying for entrance on the Annuity Fund , and into the Asylum for Aged Freemasons , and are glad to hear that Bro . Spencer , with his usual philanthropy , has taken his case in hand . We hope , therefore , that this notice to his Brethren , of a most deserving case , will he attended with success in eliciting their characteristic , prompt , and liberal sympathy .
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
La Vendee. A Dramatic Poem.
From thine old stores , and smile to see how still That angel beauty gleams through every dress . Genius ! thou art embodied light , a lamp For souls . As stars guide on man ' s steps , And keep him from the meshes night doth weave |
So dost thou stand , and with unearthly voice Sounding through tempests which o ' erpower the heart , With thy white banner planted near the gates Of the Almighty ' s habitation , still Vividly wav ' st it through the mists , to show Our onward course .
To some thou plainly beckonest , through storms , And wilds , and weary ways . The toilers climb Each fever'd hill , and reach thy queenly feet ; Then lie within thy arms , and sob themselves Into forgetfulness of earth . Once more Loosen'd from thy embrace , revisit this Low sphere , but with thy seal upon their brow ,
Th'immortal kiss of light upon their lips . O thought ! thought ! thought ! for ever could I rest Folded within thine arms , and with thee gaze Upon such heavenliness ; lie where the least , The faintest ray doth fall from genius' orbs , Till my whole self were ' pregnated with light !
Light , dewy light ! Jehovah ' s emanation , Type of the great "I AM , "—soft , brilliant , clear , Whom all can penetrate , and none can solve , — Simple , mysterious , pervading space , Beaming on worlds , illuminating heaven , Folded within the daisy ' s narrow cup . [ Enter Henri de LarocJiejamelein .
Bro . Habbis . —We beg to draw the attention of the Craft to the present destitute condition of this highly intelligent and deserving Brother . It may not be generally known that he has established an unrivalled reputation for skill in supplying leaves and missing portions to old Caxtons , Wynkin de Worde , Pynsons , and other ancient printers , pome of which restorations are so admirably done , not only in the type , but in the paper , that they cannot be discovered from the originals . Moreover , he is the painter of the prize tracing-boards , in use every Friday evening at the Emulation Lodge of Improvement . Some years ago
he lost the use of Ids right eye , and lately underwent a painful operation on the left one , so that since that time his sight having gradually failed , he has been entirely disabled from attending to hi . * profession as an artist . In consequence also of a tumour , his wife ' s sight is seriously impaired . We understand that he intends applying for entrance on the Annuity Fund , and into the Asylum for Aged Freemasons , and are glad to hear that Bro . Spencer , with his usual philanthropy , has taken his case in hand . We hope , therefore , that this notice to his Brethren , of a most deserving case , will he attended with success in eliciting their characteristic , prompt , and liberal sympathy .
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