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Songs Of The Craft.
SONGB ^
( Continued from vol . iy . p . 808 , )
" Thou fairest type of excellence divine , Whose social links the race of men combine , Whose / ' awful mandates coward vice control . And bfeathe throupi nature one enli g ^ FVoni f ^
Pour on the hearth From thy sage voice sublime Instruction sprir ^ While knowledge weaves her many coloured wings , And star ey'd truth , and conscience , holy rest ,
Entnron'd true feeling in the glowing breast . Then deign the labours of thy sons to guide , O ' er each full line in nervous sense preside , Adorn each verse , each manly thought inflame , And what we gain from genius give to fame !
Ode to Masonry , by Dermody . In our former article in this miscellany , under this title , we offered some gossiping remarks upon one of our songs , that of " The Entered Apprentice , " considered in a paper by itself on account of its
importance as the Freemasons song . In the present paper , we propose to deal with our materials in another manner , and to draw from the Freemasons' songs of a past age , some slight sketch of the prevailing notions of the history , uses , and manners of the Craft , leaving our Masonic laureates to tell their tale in their own way .
As Masons , we should be false to our principles did we not assign to our Order a very high antiquity ; but some of our poetical brethren have gone a little beyond our ideas of antiquity , and have ascribed to the G . A . O . T . U . himself the foundation of Masonry . We are not disposed to quarrel with this view of the matter , whether taken in a material or symbolical sense , aiid therefore we shall content ourselves by showing extracts from their productions , in which those views are maintained .
One of the ancient Masons writes thus : — " Hail , mighty art ! thou gracious gift of heaven , To aid mankind by our Creator given ; YOU v * 2 p
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Songs Of The Craft.
SONGB ^
( Continued from vol . iy . p . 808 , )
" Thou fairest type of excellence divine , Whose social links the race of men combine , Whose / ' awful mandates coward vice control . And bfeathe throupi nature one enli g ^ FVoni f ^
Pour on the hearth From thy sage voice sublime Instruction sprir ^ While knowledge weaves her many coloured wings , And star ey'd truth , and conscience , holy rest ,
Entnron'd true feeling in the glowing breast . Then deign the labours of thy sons to guide , O ' er each full line in nervous sense preside , Adorn each verse , each manly thought inflame , And what we gain from genius give to fame !
Ode to Masonry , by Dermody . In our former article in this miscellany , under this title , we offered some gossiping remarks upon one of our songs , that of " The Entered Apprentice , " considered in a paper by itself on account of its
importance as the Freemasons song . In the present paper , we propose to deal with our materials in another manner , and to draw from the Freemasons' songs of a past age , some slight sketch of the prevailing notions of the history , uses , and manners of the Craft , leaving our Masonic laureates to tell their tale in their own way .
As Masons , we should be false to our principles did we not assign to our Order a very high antiquity ; but some of our poetical brethren have gone a little beyond our ideas of antiquity , and have ascribed to the G . A . O . T . U . himself the foundation of Masonry . We are not disposed to quarrel with this view of the matter , whether taken in a material or symbolical sense , aiid therefore we shall content ourselves by showing extracts from their productions , in which those views are maintained .
One of the ancient Masons writes thus : — " Hail , mighty art ! thou gracious gift of heaven , To aid mankind by our Creator given ; YOU v * 2 p