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The Masonic Magazine, Jan. 1, 1881: Page 26

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After All.

But answered the princess of the poem : Knaves are men , That lute and flute fantastic tenderness , And dress the victim to the offering up , And paint the gates of hell with Paradise , And play the slave to gain the tyranny . Poor soul ! I had a maid of honour once ; She wept her true eyes blind for such a one , A rogue of canzonets and serenades ;

ancl yet again she sneers : for song Is duel- unto freedom , force and growth Of spirit than to junketing and love . The immortal Shakespeare , too , did uot forget the serenade , for in the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" Ave have the following lines , addressed to a despairing lover by his friends ( act iii ., scene 2 ) :

Visit by night your lady ' s chamber window With some sweet concert ; to their instalments Time a deploring dump ; the night's dead silence Will well become such sweet complaining grievance . ¦ This , or else nothing , will inherit her ;

ancl later m act iv ., scene 2 , of the same play : now must Ave to her window , And give some evening music to her ear . In "Twelfth Night : or , What You Will" ( act i ., scene 1 ) , Orsino , the Duke of Illyria , says : If music be the food of loveplay on ;

, Give me excess of it , that , surfeiting , The appetite may sicken , ami so die . That strain again ; it had a dying fall ; Oh ! it came o ' er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour .

Later , the Duke asks Viola ( act ii ., scene 4 ) : How dost thou like this tune ? VIOLA . It gives a very echo to the seat Where love is throned . It is "The sea-maids' music , " fable tells us , that entices the unwary sailor to the fatal arms of the syren . In "As you like it" ( act v ., scene 4 ) , the swan of Avon speaks of a "Wedlock-hymn . " Could a sweeter musical love-passage be imagined than the exquisite scene between Lorenzo ancl Jessica , Shy lock ' s daughter , in " The Merchant of Venice " ( act v ., scene 1 ) ?

My friend Stephano , signify , I pray you , Within the house , your mistress is at hand ; And bring your music forth into the air . ( Exit STEPHANO . ) How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony . SitJessica : lookhow the floor of heaven

, , Is thick inlaid ivith patines of bright gold ; There ' s not the smallest orb which thou beholdest , But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young-ey'd ckerubims : Such harmony is in immortal souls ! But , whilst the muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it .

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Title Category Page
WALTER L'ESTRANGE. Article 1
A MASON'S STORY. Article 5
THE POWER OF FREEMASONRY. Article 8
THE BEACON FIRE. Article 11
COUSIN ANN. Article 19
KING GELIMER'S DEATH LAY. Article 22
AFTER ALL. Article 24
IANTHE. Article 33
PHCEBE WALTON.* Article 37
THE VELOCIPEDE EXPEDITION OF PLAYFAIR AND PUGGINGS. Article 40
LITERARY GOSSIP. Article 43
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After All.

But answered the princess of the poem : Knaves are men , That lute and flute fantastic tenderness , And dress the victim to the offering up , And paint the gates of hell with Paradise , And play the slave to gain the tyranny . Poor soul ! I had a maid of honour once ; She wept her true eyes blind for such a one , A rogue of canzonets and serenades ;

ancl yet again she sneers : for song Is duel- unto freedom , force and growth Of spirit than to junketing and love . The immortal Shakespeare , too , did uot forget the serenade , for in the "Two Gentlemen of Verona" Ave have the following lines , addressed to a despairing lover by his friends ( act iii ., scene 2 ) :

Visit by night your lady ' s chamber window With some sweet concert ; to their instalments Time a deploring dump ; the night's dead silence Will well become such sweet complaining grievance . ¦ This , or else nothing , will inherit her ;

ancl later m act iv ., scene 2 , of the same play : now must Ave to her window , And give some evening music to her ear . In "Twelfth Night : or , What You Will" ( act i ., scene 1 ) , Orsino , the Duke of Illyria , says : If music be the food of loveplay on ;

, Give me excess of it , that , surfeiting , The appetite may sicken , ami so die . That strain again ; it had a dying fall ; Oh ! it came o ' er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing and giving odour .

Later , the Duke asks Viola ( act ii ., scene 4 ) : How dost thou like this tune ? VIOLA . It gives a very echo to the seat Where love is throned . It is "The sea-maids' music , " fable tells us , that entices the unwary sailor to the fatal arms of the syren . In "As you like it" ( act v ., scene 4 ) , the swan of Avon speaks of a "Wedlock-hymn . " Could a sweeter musical love-passage be imagined than the exquisite scene between Lorenzo ancl Jessica , Shy lock ' s daughter , in " The Merchant of Venice " ( act v ., scene 1 ) ?

My friend Stephano , signify , I pray you , Within the house , your mistress is at hand ; And bring your music forth into the air . ( Exit STEPHANO . ) How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony . SitJessica : lookhow the floor of heaven

, , Is thick inlaid ivith patines of bright gold ; There ' s not the smallest orb which thou beholdest , But in his motion like an angel sings , Still quiring to the young-ey'd ckerubims : Such harmony is in immortal souls ! But , whilst the muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in , we cannot hear it .