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" O would that from this restless couch , to wonted might restored , In battle ' s van this arm again could flash th' avenging sword ! Full many a lightning stroke ' s descent th' unpitying foe should feel , For my best-loved comrade ' s soul dismissed by a foul assassin ' s steel . " He ceased . A throb of pain and grief his bosom ' s core upheaved ; Yet much his care ' s imparting had his manly breast relieved . With witching charm the Nurse applied the drug nepenthe hight , Which pain dispels , harsh rage subdues , and sorrow lures to flight . *
Mild medicine for despairing hearts into the ear distilled ! How dost thou heal the morbid soul by varying passions thrill'd ? Thy potent influence springs alone from famed ingredients three , Throned Intellect , with soothing Speech , jand kindly Sympathy . Peaceful the warrior slumbered : death ' s dark-hovering angel fled , As a beam of hope and prideful joy the Nurse ' s face o ' erspread * Nor longer there she lingered , but to her Seraph-errand true , On wings of ruth away sweet sister Philomela flew .
^ Refreshment ? " in the 17 th Century . — "One evening , as these choice spirits sat round the table after supper , —and suppers , I must tell you , in those halcyon days , generally terminated the business of the Lodge , —Brothers Lamball , Soreil , Beloe , Ware , Madden , Villeneau , Noyes , Cord well , Salt , Gofton , Senex , tlobby , Mountain , and a few others being present with the W . M ., all celebrated Masons , whose names are well known to the Craft , Bro . Lamball , who was an incorrigible laugher , and that in no very mild tone of voice , being tickled 1 jy some witty remark , indulged his propensity in a regular hor & e-laugh . Bro . Madden
rose with much gravity , and addressing the chair , said , — " ' R . W . Sir , did you ever hear a peaceful lamb bawl ( Lamball ) so vociferously ?' "' No , ' said Bro . Desaguliers , ' but I ' ve heard a mad'un ( Madden ) make an ugly noise ( Noyes ) . ' "' Oh , ' rejoined Bro . Soreil , 'let him ride his hobby ( Hobby ) quietly , his lungs will be no worse for wear ( Ware ) . ' " Aye , ' Bro . Ware snapped in , particularly if the , colour of his hobby be sorrel ( Sorrel ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !'
" ' The lamb had better go to sea next ( Senex ) , and then he may bellow ( Beloe ) against the roaring of the salt ( Salt ) waves as they dash upon the mountain ( Mountain , ' shouted Bro . Hobby . " Well , ' replied Bro . Lamball , ' I shall never quarrel with any Brother who holds the cord well ( Cordwell—cable tow ) for this or anything else , provided he does not call me a villain 0 ( Villeneau ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !' " 'I shall not , Brothers and fellows , ' responded Bro . Yilleneau , question your good faith , although you carry on so briskly a Pun—ic war . ' "' A truce to your wit / Bro . Madden interposed , 'I thirst to mend my simile . *
u * Nay , ' said the W . M ., ' if Bro . Madden thirsts , why there's an end of it . 11 c Oh , ho ! ' echoed Bro . Noyes , 'if a pun is meant , I move that we inflict the usual punishment . " Why , then / says the chair , we will replenish the glasses , and try to quench Bro . Madden ' s thirst with a toast . ' " Now all this may appear very puerile to you , Sir , but I assure you it is a correct sample of the wit of the age , and formed the staple commodity of a lively conversation at taverns and clubs , which were then the resort of the highest nobility and gentry in the land . "—The Revelations of a Square .
* < bapiiaKov TfrjirevGec r avoXop re , Kaicwv miXnOov airavriov . Odyss . A . 220 .
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" O would that from this restless couch , to wonted might restored , In battle ' s van this arm again could flash th' avenging sword ! Full many a lightning stroke ' s descent th' unpitying foe should feel , For my best-loved comrade ' s soul dismissed by a foul assassin ' s steel . " He ceased . A throb of pain and grief his bosom ' s core upheaved ; Yet much his care ' s imparting had his manly breast relieved . With witching charm the Nurse applied the drug nepenthe hight , Which pain dispels , harsh rage subdues , and sorrow lures to flight . *
Mild medicine for despairing hearts into the ear distilled ! How dost thou heal the morbid soul by varying passions thrill'd ? Thy potent influence springs alone from famed ingredients three , Throned Intellect , with soothing Speech , jand kindly Sympathy . Peaceful the warrior slumbered : death ' s dark-hovering angel fled , As a beam of hope and prideful joy the Nurse ' s face o ' erspread * Nor longer there she lingered , but to her Seraph-errand true , On wings of ruth away sweet sister Philomela flew .
^ Refreshment ? " in the 17 th Century . — "One evening , as these choice spirits sat round the table after supper , —and suppers , I must tell you , in those halcyon days , generally terminated the business of the Lodge , —Brothers Lamball , Soreil , Beloe , Ware , Madden , Villeneau , Noyes , Cord well , Salt , Gofton , Senex , tlobby , Mountain , and a few others being present with the W . M ., all celebrated Masons , whose names are well known to the Craft , Bro . Lamball , who was an incorrigible laugher , and that in no very mild tone of voice , being tickled 1 jy some witty remark , indulged his propensity in a regular hor & e-laugh . Bro . Madden
rose with much gravity , and addressing the chair , said , — " ' R . W . Sir , did you ever hear a peaceful lamb bawl ( Lamball ) so vociferously ?' "' No , ' said Bro . Desaguliers , ' but I ' ve heard a mad'un ( Madden ) make an ugly noise ( Noyes ) . ' "' Oh , ' rejoined Bro . Soreil , 'let him ride his hobby ( Hobby ) quietly , his lungs will be no worse for wear ( Ware ) . ' " Aye , ' Bro . Ware snapped in , particularly if the , colour of his hobby be sorrel ( Sorrel ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !'
" ' The lamb had better go to sea next ( Senex ) , and then he may bellow ( Beloe ) against the roaring of the salt ( Salt ) waves as they dash upon the mountain ( Mountain , ' shouted Bro . Hobby . " Well , ' replied Bro . Lamball , ' I shall never quarrel with any Brother who holds the cord well ( Cordwell—cable tow ) for this or anything else , provided he does not call me a villain 0 ( Villeneau ) . Ha ! ha ! ha !' " 'I shall not , Brothers and fellows , ' responded Bro . Yilleneau , question your good faith , although you carry on so briskly a Pun—ic war . ' "' A truce to your wit / Bro . Madden interposed , 'I thirst to mend my simile . *
u * Nay , ' said the W . M ., ' if Bro . Madden thirsts , why there's an end of it . 11 c Oh , ho ! ' echoed Bro . Noyes , 'if a pun is meant , I move that we inflict the usual punishment . " Why , then / says the chair , we will replenish the glasses , and try to quench Bro . Madden ' s thirst with a toast . ' " Now all this may appear very puerile to you , Sir , but I assure you it is a correct sample of the wit of the age , and formed the staple commodity of a lively conversation at taverns and clubs , which were then the resort of the highest nobility and gentry in the land . "—The Revelations of a Square .
* < bapiiaKov TfrjirevGec r avoXop re , Kaicwv miXnOov airavriov . Odyss . A . 220 .