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The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
false philosophy . Yet let him continue to deceive himself . Content am I , should this fair giri prove true , although she be his child . " Addressing Murtius he said : " What think you of my cousin Caius ? He bids fair to be the g-reatest
man m Rome . " His greatness arises , I Aveen , " ansAvered Murtius , "in ha-ving thee by him to council and advise . " " Not so , " said Adrian coldly , for the flattery
was too gross to pass unremarked and unreproved , " you are mistaken in your estimate of his poAvers . In jihilosophy I grant you that I am his master , but in poesy , and that communion with the finer feelings and more exalted sentiments of the heart ,
I am his dull pupil . The poetic mind is universal by easy application it can master and assimilate all philosophy . The philosopher supplies the frame work , but the flesh and spirit can alone be given by the poet . The poet ' s mind , sensitive in
the highest degree , instinctively clings to and absorbs the good , but spurns and rejects the evil ; and the best proof of the estimation in which our fathers held the poet , is in their having adorned the god of the sun Avith the eternal majesty of
Poesy . Believe me , Murtius , Ave do not justice to our poets . We let them starve , and then Avhen dead , build gorgeous monuments to their honour , even as Ave do not grasp and study the real principles of eternal happiness , but dance round a
brilliant but searching light , Avhich giveth not joy in the dalliance , but in the end causeth our destruction . The worldly man will take my advice preferable to my cousins ' , and in that he does wrong . The poet is the Great Spirit
representative upon earth , Avhatever that Great S pirit may be , and Ave should listen to him Avith fit respect . " "Some other time I should be honoured by discussing philosophy Avith thee ; meanwhilecome
, see my house . I have a feAV rare scul ptures ofthe Greek school , which may please thee . Myra , love , come with us , and sheAv them to our guest . " "Wilt thou not come also , Caius ? " asked Adrian .
" I have seen them often . Pray excuse me . " Myra , Adrian and Murtius left the room , Caius for the first time since their acquaintance , was left alone with Phryne . ( To he continued . ) [ Tho Author reserves tho right of reproduction and translation . ]
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
MASONIC SOXG : " THE LEVEE & $ T > THE SQ 1 JABE . " Your correspondent W . B . writes in the FBEEAIASOX ' S MAGAZIXE of the 19 h ult ., asking where he can get or find a Masonic song ending with the chorus : " AA'e meet upon the level
, We part upon the square ; What words of precious meaning Those words Masonic are . " The author of this Masonic ode is , as correctly stated by your correspondent P . M . 954 , in the Magazine of the 2 Gth ult ., Bro . Rob . Morris , LL . D .,
Past-Grand Master Kentucky , U . S . Bro . Morris , I may add , is one of the most renowned of American Freemasons . His productions are numerous and valuable j . but in the prosecution of the most herculean of bisfraternal labours—the publication of the " Universal Library , " a compilation of fifty-two standard authorsupon all departments of Masonic science , bound in the compass of thirty octavo volumes—his privatefortune was hopelessly wrecked . " The effect of
thismighty undertaking , " says one , " has been to reduce , the price of Masonic literature to the Fraternity toone-third its former rates , and to render available to-American readers works long out of print , and losfe to the view . Of all human enterprises , the history of this is among the most interesting and curious . " ' In tbe department of Masonic lawhistorybiography
, , , and belles letters , Dr . Morris ' s writings have raised him to great eminence ; but his fame as an editor ischiefly associated Avith the American Freemason and the Voice of Freemasonry , periodicals successively conducted by hi in with a ' vigour and research said tobe nnparelWled in the history of Masonic journalism .
As a poet , Bro . Morris is known by a large number of productions , of various degrees of merit , the most popular of which is "The Level and the-Square , " the Avords of which I append , with the airto which it Avas first sung ( also the composition of the author ) , succeeded by that to which the song hassubsequently been set by by Mr . B . F . Leavens . * These appeared some time back in the Scottish Freemasons' Magazine , A . Oneal Haye .
AA ' e meet upon the Level , and we part upon the Square ; What words of precious meaning these words Masonic are . ' Come , let us contemplate them , fchey are worthy of a thought—AA'ifch the highest , and the lowest , and the rarest they arefraught .
Ave meet upon the Level , though from every station come ; The rich man . fvoia \\ vs mansion , Mid ti \ u poo \ - mim from illshome ; For the one must leave his wealth and state outside the Mason's . door , And the other finds his true respect upon the chequered floor ..
AA ' e part upon the Square , for the world must have its due ; AA ' e mingle with the multitude , a cold , unfriendly crew j But the influence of our gathering in memory is prreon , And we long upon the Level to renew the happy scene . There's a world where all are equal—we are hurrying toward itfast ; AVe shall meet upon the Level there , when the gates of deathare past ; AVe shall stand before the Orient , and our Master will be there , To try the blocks we offer by his own unerring Square .
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The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.
false philosophy . Yet let him continue to deceive himself . Content am I , should this fair giri prove true , although she be his child . " Addressing Murtius he said : " What think you of my cousin Caius ? He bids fair to be the g-reatest
man m Rome . " His greatness arises , I Aveen , " ansAvered Murtius , "in ha-ving thee by him to council and advise . " " Not so , " said Adrian coldly , for the flattery
was too gross to pass unremarked and unreproved , " you are mistaken in your estimate of his poAvers . In jihilosophy I grant you that I am his master , but in poesy , and that communion with the finer feelings and more exalted sentiments of the heart ,
I am his dull pupil . The poetic mind is universal by easy application it can master and assimilate all philosophy . The philosopher supplies the frame work , but the flesh and spirit can alone be given by the poet . The poet ' s mind , sensitive in
the highest degree , instinctively clings to and absorbs the good , but spurns and rejects the evil ; and the best proof of the estimation in which our fathers held the poet , is in their having adorned the god of the sun Avith the eternal majesty of
Poesy . Believe me , Murtius , Ave do not justice to our poets . We let them starve , and then Avhen dead , build gorgeous monuments to their honour , even as Ave do not grasp and study the real principles of eternal happiness , but dance round a
brilliant but searching light , Avhich giveth not joy in the dalliance , but in the end causeth our destruction . The worldly man will take my advice preferable to my cousins ' , and in that he does wrong . The poet is the Great Spirit
representative upon earth , Avhatever that Great S pirit may be , and Ave should listen to him Avith fit respect . " "Some other time I should be honoured by discussing philosophy Avith thee ; meanwhilecome
, see my house . I have a feAV rare scul ptures ofthe Greek school , which may please thee . Myra , love , come with us , and sheAv them to our guest . " "Wilt thou not come also , Caius ? " asked Adrian .
" I have seen them often . Pray excuse me . " Myra , Adrian and Murtius left the room , Caius for the first time since their acquaintance , was left alone with Phryne . ( To he continued . ) [ Tho Author reserves tho right of reproduction and translation . ]
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
MASONIC SOXG : " THE LEVEE & $ T > THE SQ 1 JABE . " Your correspondent W . B . writes in the FBEEAIASOX ' S MAGAZIXE of the 19 h ult ., asking where he can get or find a Masonic song ending with the chorus : " AA'e meet upon the level
, We part upon the square ; What words of precious meaning Those words Masonic are . " The author of this Masonic ode is , as correctly stated by your correspondent P . M . 954 , in the Magazine of the 2 Gth ult ., Bro . Rob . Morris , LL . D .,
Past-Grand Master Kentucky , U . S . Bro . Morris , I may add , is one of the most renowned of American Freemasons . His productions are numerous and valuable j . but in the prosecution of the most herculean of bisfraternal labours—the publication of the " Universal Library , " a compilation of fifty-two standard authorsupon all departments of Masonic science , bound in the compass of thirty octavo volumes—his privatefortune was hopelessly wrecked . " The effect of
thismighty undertaking , " says one , " has been to reduce , the price of Masonic literature to the Fraternity toone-third its former rates , and to render available to-American readers works long out of print , and losfe to the view . Of all human enterprises , the history of this is among the most interesting and curious . " ' In tbe department of Masonic lawhistorybiography
, , , and belles letters , Dr . Morris ' s writings have raised him to great eminence ; but his fame as an editor ischiefly associated Avith the American Freemason and the Voice of Freemasonry , periodicals successively conducted by hi in with a ' vigour and research said tobe nnparelWled in the history of Masonic journalism .
As a poet , Bro . Morris is known by a large number of productions , of various degrees of merit , the most popular of which is "The Level and the-Square , " the Avords of which I append , with the airto which it Avas first sung ( also the composition of the author ) , succeeded by that to which the song hassubsequently been set by by Mr . B . F . Leavens . * These appeared some time back in the Scottish Freemasons' Magazine , A . Oneal Haye .
AA ' e meet upon the Level , and we part upon the Square ; What words of precious meaning these words Masonic are . ' Come , let us contemplate them , fchey are worthy of a thought—AA'ifch the highest , and the lowest , and the rarest they arefraught .
Ave meet upon the Level , though from every station come ; The rich man . fvoia \\ vs mansion , Mid ti \ u poo \ - mim from illshome ; For the one must leave his wealth and state outside the Mason's . door , And the other finds his true respect upon the chequered floor ..
AA ' e part upon the Square , for the world must have its due ; AA ' e mingle with the multitude , a cold , unfriendly crew j But the influence of our gathering in memory is prreon , And we long upon the Level to renew the happy scene . There's a world where all are equal—we are hurrying toward itfast ; AVe shall meet upon the Level there , when the gates of deathare past ; AVe shall stand before the Orient , and our Master will be there , To try the blocks we offer by his own unerring Square .