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" O would that from this restless couch , to wonted might restored , In battle ' s van this arm again could flash th' avenging sword ! Full many a lightning stroke ' s descent th' unpitying foe should feel , For my best-loved comrade ' s soul dismissed by a foul assassin ' s steel . " He ceased . A throb of pain and grief his bosom ' s core upheaved ; Yet much his care ' s imparting had his manly breast relieved . With witching charm the Nurse applied the drug nepenthe hight , Which pain dispels , harsh rage subdues , and sorrow lures to flight . *

Mild medicine for despairing hearts into the ear distilled ! How dost thou heal the morbid soul by varying passions thrill'd ? Thy potent influence springs alone from famed ingredients three , Throned Intellect , with soothing Speech , jand kindly Sympathy . Peaceful the warrior slumbered : death ' s dark-hovering angel fled , As a beam of hope and prideful joy the Nurse ' s face o ' erspread * Nor longer there she lingered , but to her Seraph-errand true , On wings of ruth away sweet sister Philomela flew .

^ Refreshment ? " in the 17 th Century . — "One evening , as these choice spirits sat round the table after supper , —and suppers , I must tell you , in those halcyon days , generally terminated the business of the Lodge , —Brothers Lamball , Soreil , Beloe , Ware , Madden , Villeneau , Noyes , Cord well , Salt , Gofton , Senex , tlobby , Mountain , and a few others being present with the W . M ., all celebrated Masons , whose names are well known to the Craft , Bro . Lamball , who was an incorrigible laugher , and that in no very mild tone of voice , being tickled 1 jy some witty remark , indulged his propensity in a regular hor & e-laugh . Bro . Madden

rose with much gravity , and addressing the chair , said , — " ' R . W . Sir , did you ever hear a peaceful lamb bawl ( Lamball ) so vociferously ?' "' No , ' said Bro . Desaguliers , ' but I ' ve heard a mad'un ( Madden ) make an ugly noise ( Noyes ) . ' "' Oh , ' rejoined Bro . Soreil , 'let him ride his hobby ( Hobby ) quietly , his lungs will be no worse for wear ( Ware ) . ' " Aye , ' Bro . Ware snapped in , particularly if the , colour of his hobby be sorrel ( Sorrel ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !'

" ' The lamb had better go to sea next ( Senex ) , and then he may bellow ( Beloe ) against the roaring of the salt ( Salt ) waves as they dash upon the mountain ( Mountain , ' shouted Bro . Hobby . " Well , ' replied Bro . Lamball , ' I shall never quarrel with any Brother who holds the cord well ( Cordwell—cable tow ) for this or anything else , provided he does not call me a villain 0 ( Villeneau ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !' " 'I shall not , Brothers and fellows , ' responded Bro . Yilleneau , question your good faith , although you carry on so briskly a Pun—ic war . ' "' A truce to your wit / Bro . Madden interposed , 'I thirst to mend my simile . *

u * Nay , ' said the W . M ., ' if Bro . Madden thirsts , why there's an end of it . 11 c Oh , ho ! ' echoed Bro . Noyes , 'if a pun is meant , I move that we inflict the usual punishment . " Why , then / says the chair , we will replenish the glasses , and try to quench Bro . Madden ' s thirst with a toast . ' " Now all this may appear very puerile to you , Sir , but I assure you it is a correct sample of the wit of the age , and formed the staple commodity of a lively conversation at taverns and clubs , which were then the resort of the highest nobility and gentry in the land . "—The Revelations of a Square .

* < bapiiaKov TfrjirevGec r avoXop re , Kaicwv miXnOov airavriov . Odyss . A . 220 .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1855-02-01, Page 19” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 9 May 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_01021855/page/19/.
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Obituary Article 60
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 59
ERRATA. Article 64
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 22
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Article 24
THE PRINCIPLES OP MASONRY. Article 9
KNIGHT TEMPLARISM. Article 48
MASONIC CURIOSITIES. Article 13
LAYS OF THE WAR. BY BBO. G. K. GILLESPIE, A.M. Article 18
CORRESPONDENCE Article 20
REVELATIONS OF A SQUAREE.* Article 1
PATRIOTIC FUND. Article 24
METROPOLITAN. Article 25
LANCASHIRE. Article 34
PROVINCIAL. Article 29
IRELAND. Article 53
INDIA. Article 55
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. Article 57
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 60
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 61
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" O would that from this restless couch , to wonted might restored , In battle ' s van this arm again could flash th' avenging sword ! Full many a lightning stroke ' s descent th' unpitying foe should feel , For my best-loved comrade ' s soul dismissed by a foul assassin ' s steel . " He ceased . A throb of pain and grief his bosom ' s core upheaved ; Yet much his care ' s imparting had his manly breast relieved . With witching charm the Nurse applied the drug nepenthe hight , Which pain dispels , harsh rage subdues , and sorrow lures to flight . *

Mild medicine for despairing hearts into the ear distilled ! How dost thou heal the morbid soul by varying passions thrill'd ? Thy potent influence springs alone from famed ingredients three , Throned Intellect , with soothing Speech , jand kindly Sympathy . Peaceful the warrior slumbered : death ' s dark-hovering angel fled , As a beam of hope and prideful joy the Nurse ' s face o ' erspread * Nor longer there she lingered , but to her Seraph-errand true , On wings of ruth away sweet sister Philomela flew .

^ Refreshment ? " in the 17 th Century . — "One evening , as these choice spirits sat round the table after supper , —and suppers , I must tell you , in those halcyon days , generally terminated the business of the Lodge , —Brothers Lamball , Soreil , Beloe , Ware , Madden , Villeneau , Noyes , Cord well , Salt , Gofton , Senex , tlobby , Mountain , and a few others being present with the W . M ., all celebrated Masons , whose names are well known to the Craft , Bro . Lamball , who was an incorrigible laugher , and that in no very mild tone of voice , being tickled 1 jy some witty remark , indulged his propensity in a regular hor & e-laugh . Bro . Madden

rose with much gravity , and addressing the chair , said , — " ' R . W . Sir , did you ever hear a peaceful lamb bawl ( Lamball ) so vociferously ?' "' No , ' said Bro . Desaguliers , ' but I ' ve heard a mad'un ( Madden ) make an ugly noise ( Noyes ) . ' "' Oh , ' rejoined Bro . Soreil , 'let him ride his hobby ( Hobby ) quietly , his lungs will be no worse for wear ( Ware ) . ' " Aye , ' Bro . Ware snapped in , particularly if the , colour of his hobby be sorrel ( Sorrel ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !'

" ' The lamb had better go to sea next ( Senex ) , and then he may bellow ( Beloe ) against the roaring of the salt ( Salt ) waves as they dash upon the mountain ( Mountain , ' shouted Bro . Hobby . " Well , ' replied Bro . Lamball , ' I shall never quarrel with any Brother who holds the cord well ( Cordwell—cable tow ) for this or anything else , provided he does not call me a villain 0 ( Villeneau ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !' " 'I shall not , Brothers and fellows , ' responded Bro . Yilleneau , question your good faith , although you carry on so briskly a Pun—ic war . ' "' A truce to your wit / Bro . Madden interposed , 'I thirst to mend my simile . *

u * Nay , ' said the W . M ., ' if Bro . Madden thirsts , why there's an end of it . 11 c Oh , ho ! ' echoed Bro . Noyes , 'if a pun is meant , I move that we inflict the usual punishment . " Why , then / says the chair , we will replenish the glasses , and try to quench Bro . Madden ' s thirst with a toast . ' " Now all this may appear very puerile to you , Sir , but I assure you it is a correct sample of the wit of the age , and formed the staple commodity of a lively conversation at taverns and clubs , which were then the resort of the highest nobility and gentry in the land . "—The Revelations of a Square .

* < bapiiaKov TfrjirevGec r avoXop re , Kaicwv miXnOov airavriov . Odyss . A . 220 .

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