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Masonic Songs.-N0. 2.

MASONIC SONGS .-W 0 . 2 .

HOPE . —By Bro . G . Bougies Thompson . [ This Song is Copyright . ] Yes , yes , it was Hope who invented the lyre ; Tho ' sages may tell you that Hermes has given The heart-cheering strings that can soothe and inspire , Believe me 'twas Hope first brought music from heaven .

She stole Cupid ' s bow as he sported along , She strung it with chords of her own golden hair , Then smiling she gave it to earth with a song , To heighten life ' s pleasure and banish despair . 'Twas eve when she came , ere the sun left the west , While the heavens were tinged with the tears of a storm ; And based on the billows subsiding to rest , The bow o ' er the east bent its beautiful form .

Then a chorus came forth from the caves of the sea , And the waves at the sound trembled upwards and curled , As fresh from the heavens Hope chaunted with glee , And smiling bestowed her best gift on the world . But Cupid soon found his lost treasure , and saw How Hope had adorned it , and cried , " I defy All shields to the heart when such bow-strings I draw , If my arrows but waken these chords as they fly , "

So saying , he ranged the glad earth all around , And played off his mischievous gambols again ; Ah ! maidens , beware when you list to the sound , For the dart of the god surely follows the strain .

Polite and Unpolite Beasons for the same thing . — " And why cannot ladies become Masons ? " asked Lucy D , one evening , after a heart-smiting flirtation in a quadrille , and some very pretty and tiresome questions about her fast brother , who was always joining something or other . In our true spirit of gallantry , and just then , of some rather stronger feeling , we replied , " Because women were meant to be laboured for , not to labour ; and so , in moral masonry , men should be the guardians of those less powerful than themselves , not , as too often , to oUr shame , have to look up to ill-used woman ' s nature as their glowing example and uncomplaining reproach . " "I ' ve no patience with men calling themselves brothers and all that fiddle-de-dee , and going and drinking , and smoking , and fighting with pokers . I know it all , Mr . H , and contradict me if you like , but I'll maintain it to my dying day ; and I don't believe that there is any secret in it , and I will know the secret ; and I know that there is nothing in it , but I will know what it is ; and there ' s no good in it , and if it was any good , I ' m sure we should know it ; and I believe we know all about it , and why don ' t you tell me what it is ? " Mr . II swallowed his cup of coffee —( the omnibus was providentially at the door ) —¦ " Because women ' s tongues run up six stories , before any mason can build one . "—Exit Mr , JL

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VOICES FROM DEAD NATIONS. Article 15
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON. Article 11
ANASTATIC INK. Article 28
THE OUTCAST EMPIRE. Article 1
MASONIC SONGS.-N0. 2. Article 29
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 30
A GREEK FUNERAL. Article 39
FEMALE EDUCATION. Article 40
CORRESPONDENCE Article 41
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH. Article 21
ANSWER TO ENIGMA IN LAST NUMBER. Article 36
MUSIC. Article 37
A CORSICAN DIRGE. Article 38
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Article 42
MADAME DE POMPADOUR AT HOME. Article 43
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 44
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 46
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 46
METROPOLITAN. Article 47
PROVINCIAL. Article 50
LIFE AND ITS MACHINERY. Article 5
COLONIAL Article 60
LONDON BON-ACCORD MARK MASTERS' LODGE. Article 60
SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Article 61
Obituary Article 63
NOTICE. Article 63
TO MASONIC TRAVELLERS. Article 63
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 63
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Masonic Songs.-N0. 2.

MASONIC SONGS .-W 0 . 2 .

HOPE . —By Bro . G . Bougies Thompson . [ This Song is Copyright . ] Yes , yes , it was Hope who invented the lyre ; Tho ' sages may tell you that Hermes has given The heart-cheering strings that can soothe and inspire , Believe me 'twas Hope first brought music from heaven .

She stole Cupid ' s bow as he sported along , She strung it with chords of her own golden hair , Then smiling she gave it to earth with a song , To heighten life ' s pleasure and banish despair . 'Twas eve when she came , ere the sun left the west , While the heavens were tinged with the tears of a storm ; And based on the billows subsiding to rest , The bow o ' er the east bent its beautiful form .

Then a chorus came forth from the caves of the sea , And the waves at the sound trembled upwards and curled , As fresh from the heavens Hope chaunted with glee , And smiling bestowed her best gift on the world . But Cupid soon found his lost treasure , and saw How Hope had adorned it , and cried , " I defy All shields to the heart when such bow-strings I draw , If my arrows but waken these chords as they fly , "

So saying , he ranged the glad earth all around , And played off his mischievous gambols again ; Ah ! maidens , beware when you list to the sound , For the dart of the god surely follows the strain .

Polite and Unpolite Beasons for the same thing . — " And why cannot ladies become Masons ? " asked Lucy D , one evening , after a heart-smiting flirtation in a quadrille , and some very pretty and tiresome questions about her fast brother , who was always joining something or other . In our true spirit of gallantry , and just then , of some rather stronger feeling , we replied , " Because women were meant to be laboured for , not to labour ; and so , in moral masonry , men should be the guardians of those less powerful than themselves , not , as too often , to oUr shame , have to look up to ill-used woman ' s nature as their glowing example and uncomplaining reproach . " "I ' ve no patience with men calling themselves brothers and all that fiddle-de-dee , and going and drinking , and smoking , and fighting with pokers . I know it all , Mr . H , and contradict me if you like , but I'll maintain it to my dying day ; and I don't believe that there is any secret in it , and I will know the secret ; and I know that there is nothing in it , but I will know what it is ; and there ' s no good in it , and if it was any good , I ' m sure we should know it ; and I believe we know all about it , and why don ' t you tell me what it is ? " Mr . II swallowed his cup of coffee —( the omnibus was providentially at the door ) —¦ " Because women ' s tongues run up six stories , before any mason can build one . "—Exit Mr , JL

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