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Ode.
Sense , Truth , and Good Humour , and Harmony join , By MASONRY warm'd , they unite and combine ; To the bower of friendship she leads the ' m along ^ Tp taste of her banquets and chorus her song . Then the arts , & c . Behold the FREEMASON how noble his plan
, It enlarges the mind and ennobles the man , It teaches the hand and the heart how to bless , And melts e ' en the miser to soften distress . Then the arts , & c . To time ' s latest period the Craft so divine , As the rays of their art shall diffusedly shine ,
Their laws , rules , and orders , till others excel ; And Kent e ' er stand foremost their virtues to tell . ' While the artsy Sec .
Song.
SONG .
CO ' MPOSED AND SUNG BY BROTHER SAMUEL PORTER , {[ Master of the Lodges of St . John ' s , No . 492 . Henley in Arden ; arid of the Sbtiapcar , No . 516 , Stratford on Avon . 2 At THE DEDICATION OF THE SHAKESPEAR LODGE .
T «« f--- ' -Mulberry Tree vJ'N Avon ' s sweet banks where , the silver streams glide , The beauties in Stratford oft Shakespear would pride ; And say when enraptured by the juice of the vine , He would there raise a Lodge for his favorite nine " . CHORUS . -
To honor now his Country ^ Do honor to his Memory , ' And toast him round with thrce-time ' s-three ; A few Sons of Science his name to revere , Agreed to his meirf ' ry a Pillar to rear , In true antique orderimmense in it's size , -
, From Earth ' s hallow'd surface , to Heaven should rise . CHORUS . For so build we o ' er earth and sea , "With beauty and true symmetry j A sacred pile to Masonry .
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Ode.
Sense , Truth , and Good Humour , and Harmony join , By MASONRY warm'd , they unite and combine ; To the bower of friendship she leads the ' m along ^ Tp taste of her banquets and chorus her song . Then the arts , & c . Behold the FREEMASON how noble his plan
, It enlarges the mind and ennobles the man , It teaches the hand and the heart how to bless , And melts e ' en the miser to soften distress . Then the arts , & c . To time ' s latest period the Craft so divine , As the rays of their art shall diffusedly shine ,
Their laws , rules , and orders , till others excel ; And Kent e ' er stand foremost their virtues to tell . ' While the artsy Sec .
Song.
SONG .
CO ' MPOSED AND SUNG BY BROTHER SAMUEL PORTER , {[ Master of the Lodges of St . John ' s , No . 492 . Henley in Arden ; arid of the Sbtiapcar , No . 516 , Stratford on Avon . 2 At THE DEDICATION OF THE SHAKESPEAR LODGE .
T «« f--- ' -Mulberry Tree vJ'N Avon ' s sweet banks where , the silver streams glide , The beauties in Stratford oft Shakespear would pride ; And say when enraptured by the juice of the vine , He would there raise a Lodge for his favorite nine " . CHORUS . -
To honor now his Country ^ Do honor to his Memory , ' And toast him round with thrce-time ' s-three ; A few Sons of Science his name to revere , Agreed to his meirf ' ry a Pillar to rear , In true antique orderimmense in it's size , -
, From Earth ' s hallow'd surface , to Heaven should rise . CHORUS . For so build we o ' er earth and sea , "With beauty and true symmetry j A sacred pile to Masonry .