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Poetry.
Poetry .
TO A LARK sixniNG CLOSE TO A RAILWAY STATION . BBAVK-HEAB-TEn bird ! who . ivitli undaunted wing , Despite the toiling engine ' s deafening sound , from this hare spot ou which no dew cloth lie . Up heavenward so joyously dost spring ;
Time was , when , resting on the fmrow'd ground , Thy nestlings wateh'd thee vanish in the sky . And , poised in air , thy hymn of rapture sing ; Vet e'en in this drear waste thou still hast found Sweet solace in the charm of minstrelsy , The gift of song within thy breast concealed . Oh , for thy spirit , bird I hopeful and strong , Bom of the life in poet ' s heart reveal'd , Which lifts the soul above all eare and wrong ! H . AI , P . ATIIEON- .
THE . EVENING PRIMROSE . tVnEK day ' s last throes are drawing nigh And passing breezes gently sigh .: When chilly eve in clew pearls dight . Awaits the solemn tread of uiglit ; And ( lowers , that e ' er the sun had shed His lustrous halo round each head ,
, In new-born beauty met the air , ] S ow jaded charms alone do wear ; Then doth the primrose elad in gold , . So coy her modest bloom unfold , Content to watch the evening star , And hear the lark ' s last notes afar ; She casts around her sweet perfume . The breath of praise we must assume
, Since it is written in God ' s words , '' Let everything praise Thee , 0 Lord ! " TONE . GRACE DARLING . BY BRO . OEOHQE MARKHAM TWEDDEIX .
THEV say that thou diedst young , fair heroine I Few were the years thou number'dst upon earth ; Bnt though not thirty summer ' s flowers were thine , Thy name , whilst earth remains , will brightly shine , With the unclouded sheen of holy worth . Say not a well spent life is ever short ; Say not an ill spent life is ever long for thousands will unto thy tomb resort
, And poets hymn thee in immortal song . Yea , future ages will thy praise proclaim , And tell how modest , brave , ancl kind wert thou . Children be taught to lisp thy honour'd name , ( Js ow consecrate to everlasting fame , ) And bloodless laurels e ' er bedeck thy brow .
SHE IS IN'OT LISTENING NOW . I HELD a parley with my tears , My tears that fell like rain ; I cannot sing in these dull years The old exulting strain . What though this sad declining life
Riches and fame endow , Too late the peace , too long the strife—She is not listening now . To thee , my travel wearied soul Would ever fly for rest , And nil its clear bought stores unroll Thou brightest and thou best !
Treasure above all wealth or lore , As I shall e ' er avow , Thou hast gone hence for evermore , Thou art not listening now ! True that for thee I would have died , Or lived all fear
above—And rudest shocks of life defied . With nn o v ermastering love—Tn vain this wild and frantic grief , In vain each fervent vow ; Slow time , wan age , bring small relief , 'ihe is not lislenim . ' now !
Poetry.
Ah , bound on earth in dearest links , With tho soul ' s brightest chain . — A whisper comes , " Thy spirit sinks , Yet shall it 0111111 ) again To richest peace—to union sure , " My blest one answerest thou 1 0 world , thy worst I may endure , for she is listening now 1
TOBACCO . \ PROPER MEDITATION FOP . ALL SMOKERS OP T . OP . ACCO . THIS Indian weed , now withered quite , Is green at noon , out down at night . Shows thy decay—All flesh is hay—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
This pipe , so lily white and weak , Doth well thy mortal state bespeak ; We are e ' en such , Gone with a touch—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . Ancl when the smoke ascends on high , Then thou beholds the vanity
Of worldly stuff . Gone with a puff—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the pipe grows foul within , Think of thy soul defiled by sin ; for then the lire It doth require—
-, Thus think , ancl smoke tobacco . And when the ash is cast away , Then to thyself well rnayest 1 hon say , That unto dust Return we must—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . WITHER
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
—— $ . —— . [ TriK EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opiniom entertained by CorrespomlnUs . " ]
THE GRAND BODGE . OE THE PIITLADELPHES . TO THE EDITOR OI * THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AXO RROTIIEK , —The kind reception given to onr first letter induces us to address 3 * 011 a second . "Wc are anxious to express our thanks for your impartiality . After having published an attack against 11 s , you opened the columns of your paper to our answer . That was fair ; and indeed ive expected nothing less from
the serious and honest publication which is tlie echo of the great Masonic body in England . Nevertheless , we arc not , in all respects , satisfied with your answer . In the note which followed your letter , you merely maintained the incriminations contained in your first article . Now , our letter had , in our opinion , proved beyond a doubt that the Order of Memphis is a Masonic society , regularly established in England before tlie coup d ' etat , and ive
are confident of having annihilated the accusations brought against us . Furthermore , moved by a spirit of candid honesty , wc had offered to prove the truthfulness of our assertions by unquestionable documents . To this , what was your answer ? without
attempting to discuss our letter or giving any proof in support of your opinion , you merely affirmed a second time that ours is a secret and illegal society , and you forbade all English Masons to have any connexion with us , under the pain of excommunication . Wc beg to be allowed to make a few observations upon these points . In the first place , how can you apply the qualification of secret to a society which offers to prove by undeniable documents as well as
b y its conduct , that it is a Masonic one ; which opens the doors of it ' s temples to all Masons , whatever be the rite or the country the } - belong to ; which never loses au opportunity of inviting them to its meetings ? Really we do not know , whether in England the dictionary and the grammar authorize to apply the qualification of secret to such a soeiet }' , bnt we firmly believe that denomination to be contrary to the rules of sound logic . As for the word
" illegal , " applied to our society , wc humbly acknowledge our inability to discuss the point with you . Being ignorant of the English law , we do not know what penalty we are liable to for our oifence ( crime , may he ) . ' Perhaps we know of England nothing but the surface ^? Perhaps there is in the arsenal of your legis-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
Poetry .
TO A LARK sixniNG CLOSE TO A RAILWAY STATION . BBAVK-HEAB-TEn bird ! who . ivitli undaunted wing , Despite the toiling engine ' s deafening sound , from this hare spot ou which no dew cloth lie . Up heavenward so joyously dost spring ;
Time was , when , resting on the fmrow'd ground , Thy nestlings wateh'd thee vanish in the sky . And , poised in air , thy hymn of rapture sing ; Vet e'en in this drear waste thou still hast found Sweet solace in the charm of minstrelsy , The gift of song within thy breast concealed . Oh , for thy spirit , bird I hopeful and strong , Bom of the life in poet ' s heart reveal'd , Which lifts the soul above all eare and wrong ! H . AI , P . ATIIEON- .
THE . EVENING PRIMROSE . tVnEK day ' s last throes are drawing nigh And passing breezes gently sigh .: When chilly eve in clew pearls dight . Awaits the solemn tread of uiglit ; And ( lowers , that e ' er the sun had shed His lustrous halo round each head ,
, In new-born beauty met the air , ] S ow jaded charms alone do wear ; Then doth the primrose elad in gold , . So coy her modest bloom unfold , Content to watch the evening star , And hear the lark ' s last notes afar ; She casts around her sweet perfume . The breath of praise we must assume
, Since it is written in God ' s words , '' Let everything praise Thee , 0 Lord ! " TONE . GRACE DARLING . BY BRO . OEOHQE MARKHAM TWEDDEIX .
THEV say that thou diedst young , fair heroine I Few were the years thou number'dst upon earth ; Bnt though not thirty summer ' s flowers were thine , Thy name , whilst earth remains , will brightly shine , With the unclouded sheen of holy worth . Say not a well spent life is ever short ; Say not an ill spent life is ever long for thousands will unto thy tomb resort
, And poets hymn thee in immortal song . Yea , future ages will thy praise proclaim , And tell how modest , brave , ancl kind wert thou . Children be taught to lisp thy honour'd name , ( Js ow consecrate to everlasting fame , ) And bloodless laurels e ' er bedeck thy brow .
SHE IS IN'OT LISTENING NOW . I HELD a parley with my tears , My tears that fell like rain ; I cannot sing in these dull years The old exulting strain . What though this sad declining life
Riches and fame endow , Too late the peace , too long the strife—She is not listening now . To thee , my travel wearied soul Would ever fly for rest , And nil its clear bought stores unroll Thou brightest and thou best !
Treasure above all wealth or lore , As I shall e ' er avow , Thou hast gone hence for evermore , Thou art not listening now ! True that for thee I would have died , Or lived all fear
above—And rudest shocks of life defied . With nn o v ermastering love—Tn vain this wild and frantic grief , In vain each fervent vow ; Slow time , wan age , bring small relief , 'ihe is not lislenim . ' now !
Poetry.
Ah , bound on earth in dearest links , With tho soul ' s brightest chain . — A whisper comes , " Thy spirit sinks , Yet shall it 0111111 ) again To richest peace—to union sure , " My blest one answerest thou 1 0 world , thy worst I may endure , for she is listening now 1
TOBACCO . \ PROPER MEDITATION FOP . ALL SMOKERS OP T . OP . ACCO . THIS Indian weed , now withered quite , Is green at noon , out down at night . Shows thy decay—All flesh is hay—Thus think , and smoke tobacco .
This pipe , so lily white and weak , Doth well thy mortal state bespeak ; We are e ' en such , Gone with a touch—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . Ancl when the smoke ascends on high , Then thou beholds the vanity
Of worldly stuff . Gone with a puff—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . And when the pipe grows foul within , Think of thy soul defiled by sin ; for then the lire It doth require—
-, Thus think , ancl smoke tobacco . And when the ash is cast away , Then to thyself well rnayest 1 hon say , That unto dust Return we must—Thus think , and smoke tobacco . WITHER
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
—— $ . —— . [ TriK EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opiniom entertained by CorrespomlnUs . " ]
THE GRAND BODGE . OE THE PIITLADELPHES . TO THE EDITOR OI * THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AXO RROTIIEK , —The kind reception given to onr first letter induces us to address 3 * 011 a second . "Wc are anxious to express our thanks for your impartiality . After having published an attack against 11 s , you opened the columns of your paper to our answer . That was fair ; and indeed ive expected nothing less from
the serious and honest publication which is tlie echo of the great Masonic body in England . Nevertheless , we arc not , in all respects , satisfied with your answer . In the note which followed your letter , you merely maintained the incriminations contained in your first article . Now , our letter had , in our opinion , proved beyond a doubt that the Order of Memphis is a Masonic society , regularly established in England before tlie coup d ' etat , and ive
are confident of having annihilated the accusations brought against us . Furthermore , moved by a spirit of candid honesty , wc had offered to prove the truthfulness of our assertions by unquestionable documents . To this , what was your answer ? without
attempting to discuss our letter or giving any proof in support of your opinion , you merely affirmed a second time that ours is a secret and illegal society , and you forbade all English Masons to have any connexion with us , under the pain of excommunication . Wc beg to be allowed to make a few observations upon these points . In the first place , how can you apply the qualification of secret to a society which offers to prove by undeniable documents as well as
b y its conduct , that it is a Masonic one ; which opens the doors of it ' s temples to all Masons , whatever be the rite or the country the } - belong to ; which never loses au opportunity of inviting them to its meetings ? Really we do not know , whether in England the dictionary and the grammar authorize to apply the qualification of secret to such a soeiet }' , bnt we firmly believe that denomination to be contrary to the rules of sound logic . As for the word
" illegal , " applied to our society , wc humbly acknowledge our inability to discuss the point with you . Being ignorant of the English law , we do not know what penalty we are liable to for our oifence ( crime , may he ) . ' Perhaps we know of England nothing but the surface ^? Perhaps there is in the arsenal of your legis-