Poems, chiefly pastoral By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces |
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AN EULOGIUM ON MASONRY.
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AN EULOGIUM ON MASONRY.
Spoke by Mr Diggs, at Edinburgh.
Say, can the garter, or the star of state,
That on the vain, or on the vicious wait,
Such emblems, with such emphasis impart,
As an insignium near the Mason's heart?
That on the vain, or on the vicious wait,
Such emblems, with such emphasis impart,
As an insignium near the Mason's heart?
Hail sacred Masonry, of source divine,
Unerring mistress of the faultless line,
Whose plumb of Truth, with never-failing sway,
Makes the join'd parts of Symmetry obey!
Unerring mistress of the faultless line,
Whose plumb of Truth, with never-failing sway,
Makes the join'd parts of Symmetry obey!
Hail to the Craft, at whose serene command
The gentle Arts in glad obedience stand;
Whose magic stroke bids fell confusion cease,
And to the finish'd Orders yield its place;
Who calls Creation from the womb of earth,
And gives imperial cities glorious birth.
The gentle Arts in glad obedience stand;
Whose magic stroke bids fell confusion cease,
And to the finish'd Orders yield its place;
Who calls Creation from the womb of earth,
And gives imperial cities glorious birth.
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To works of art her merit's not confin'd,
She regulates the morals, squares the mind;
Corrects with care the tempest-working soul,
And points the tide of passions where to roll;
On Virtue's tablets marks each sacred rule,
And forms her Lodge an universal school;
Where nature's mystic laws unfolded stand,
And Sense and Science, join'd, go hand in hand.
She regulates the morals, squares the mind;
Corrects with care the tempest-working soul,
And points the tide of passions where to roll;
On Virtue's tablets marks each sacred rule,
And forms her Lodge an universal school;
Where nature's mystic laws unfolded stand,
And Sense and Science, join'd, go hand in hand.
O! may her social rules instructive spread,
'Till Truth erect her long-neglected head;
'Till, through deceitful Night she dart her ray,
And beam, full glorious, in the blaze of Day!
'Till man by virtuous maxims learn to move;
'Till all the peopled world her laws approve,
And the whole human race be bound in Brother's Love.
'Till Truth erect her long-neglected head;
'Till, through deceitful Night she dart her ray,
And beam, full glorious, in the blaze of Day!
'Till man by virtuous maxims learn to move;
'Till all the peopled world her laws approve,
And the whole human race be bound in Brother's Love.
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