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Kilmeny , Kilmeny , quhair have ye heen ? Lang have we sought baith holt and dean ; By lynne , by furde , and greenwudd tree , Yet ye are healthsom ' e and fair to see . Where gat ye that jupe of the lily sheen , That honny snood of the birk sae green ? And these roses , the fairest that ever were seen ? Kilmeny , Kilmenv , where have ye heen ?

Kilmeny looked up with ane lovely grace , But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny ' s face ; As still was her look , and as still was her e ' e , As the stillness that lay on the einerant lee , ' Or the mist that sleeps on ane waveless sea . "For Kilmeny had been she kend not where , And Kilmeny had seen what she could not deelair .

Kilmeny had been where the eock never crew , Where the rain never fell , and the wind never blew But it seemed as the harp of the sky had rung , And the airs of heaven played round her tongue , When she spake of the lnvelye forms she had seen , And ane land where sin had never been , —

Ane land of love , ancl ane land of light , Withouten sun , or moon , or night : Where the river swait ane living stream , And the light ane pare and cloudess beam : The land of vision it would seem , And still an everlasting dream . "

We might quote other passages—liquid gems of melody—but rather refer our readers to the poem itself . The following exquisitely pathetic song , which appeared in the Noctes Ambrosianje of "

Blackwood ' s Magazine , " needs no commendation , and is perfect of its kind : — "J lookifc east , I lookifc west , I saw the darksome coming even ; The wild bird sought its cosy nest ,

The kid was to tbe hamlet driven ; . But house nor hame aneath the heaven , Except the skeugh of greenwood tree , To seek a shelter in was given To my three little bairns and me .

< I had a prayer I couldna pray , I had a vow I couldna breathe , Por aye they led my words astray , Ancl aye they were connected baith Wi' ane wlia now was cauld in death I lookit round wi' watery e'e . Hope wasna there ; but I was kith To see my little babies dee .

- " Just as the breeze the aspen stirred , And bore aslant the falling dew , I thought I heard a bonny bird Singing amid the air sae bine . It was a lay that did renew The hope deep sunk in misery ; It was of one my woes that knew , And a < kind heart that eared for me

Masonic Poets Of Scotland—No. Iii.

" Oh , sweet as breaks the rising clay , Or sunbeam through the wavy rain , frell on my soul the charming lay ! Was it an angel pour'd the strain ? Whoe ' er has kenn'd a mother ' s pain , Bent o ' er the cliilct upon liar knee ,

Oh , they will bless , and bless again . The generous heart that cares for me ? "A cot was rear'd by mercy's hand , Amid the dreary wilderness , It rose as if by magic wancl , A shelter to forlorn distress ,

And well I ken that Heaven will bless The heart that issued the decree , — The widow and the fatherless Can never pray and slighted be . "

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE GOD OF PIATO , SAINT AUGUSTINE , AND FREEMASONRY . "The God of Plato and Saint Augustine is the God of Freemasonry . " These are probably , as the learned brother whom I met at Paris in the autumn of last year statesthe words used by me in the

con-, versation upon modern Pantheism mentioned in his letter . The line cited by me in illustration he will find in the late lamented Professor Emile Saisset's " Essai de Philosophie Eeligeuse , " tome i ., page 106 : "Le Dieu de Platen et Saint Augustin—e ' est bien la

le Dieu personnel , le Dieu createur . " The communication made by me to the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , referred to by another brother present at the conversation , and taking a part in it , my correspondent will find vol . xiii ., p . 151 , of that publication . The

material passage is " The God of Sir Isaac Newton and the God of Freemasonry are one ancl the same . " —ClIARLES PURTON COOPER .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The "Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed ly Correspondents . PBOYIJMCIAL GRAND MASTERS . TO THE EDITOB 05- THE MJET 35 I 1 S 05 TS' 31 . 10 , 12131 ! A 2 TD 3 US 0 JTIC HlnHOH . DEAR SIS AND BROTHER , —In the course of a Masonic experience of eighteen years , during the

whole of which time I have taken a more than usually active part in the Avorking of the Craft , Arch , and Mark degrees , have filled nearly all the offices therein , and occupied the first chair in each , besides discussingreportingand publishing on Masouic subjects ,

, , I have divided this period nearly equally between two Provincial Grand Lodges , by change of residence ; the first ten having heen spent in tiie one , and the last eight in the other . Iu tbe former , beginning as