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Dedication Of A Masonic Hall In 1777.
Part II . K Air . Vernon . Now while yonder white-rob'd troop , Before the mystic shrine In lowly adoration join ,
Now sweep the living lyre , and swell the melting note . Recitative . Reinliold . Yet ere the hol y rites begin The conscious shrine within , Bid your magic song impart . Air . Reinliold .
How within the wasted heart Shook by passion ' s ruthless power , Virtue trimm'd her faded flower , To op ' ning buds of fairest fruit . * How from majestic nature ' s glowing face She caught each animating grace , And planted there th' immortal root .
Epoch . Recitative , accompanied . Norris . Daughter of Gods , fair Virtue , if to Thee , And thy bright Sister , Universal Love , Soul of all good , e ' er flow'd tho toothing harmony Of pious gratulation—from above To usthy duteous votariesimpart
, , Presence divine . Air . Mr . Norris . * The sons of antique art . In high mysterious jubilee , With Pa ? an loud , and solemn rite , Thy holy step invite ,
And court thy list ' ning ear , To drink the cadence clear That swells the coral symphony . Chorus . To thee , by foot prophane untrod , Their votive hands have rear ' cl the high abode .
Recitative . Reinliold . Here shall your impulse kind Inspire the tranced mind . Air . Reinhold . And lips of truth shall sweetly tell What heavenly deeds befit
, The soul by wisdom ' s lesson smit : What praise he claims who nobly spurns Gay vanities of life and tinsel joys , For which unpurged fancy burns .
Chorus . What pain he shuns who dares be wise ; What glory wins , who dares excel .
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Dedication Of A Masonic Hall In 1777.
Part II . K Air . Vernon . Now while yonder white-rob'd troop , Before the mystic shrine In lowly adoration join ,
Now sweep the living lyre , and swell the melting note . Recitative . Reinliold . Yet ere the hol y rites begin The conscious shrine within , Bid your magic song impart . Air . Reinliold .
How within the wasted heart Shook by passion ' s ruthless power , Virtue trimm'd her faded flower , To op ' ning buds of fairest fruit . * How from majestic nature ' s glowing face She caught each animating grace , And planted there th' immortal root .
Epoch . Recitative , accompanied . Norris . Daughter of Gods , fair Virtue , if to Thee , And thy bright Sister , Universal Love , Soul of all good , e ' er flow'd tho toothing harmony Of pious gratulation—from above To usthy duteous votariesimpart
, , Presence divine . Air . Mr . Norris . * The sons of antique art . In high mysterious jubilee , With Pa ? an loud , and solemn rite , Thy holy step invite ,
And court thy list ' ning ear , To drink the cadence clear That swells the coral symphony . Chorus . To thee , by foot prophane untrod , Their votive hands have rear ' cl the high abode .
Recitative . Reinliold . Here shall your impulse kind Inspire the tranced mind . Air . Reinhold . And lips of truth shall sweetly tell What heavenly deeds befit
, The soul by wisdom ' s lesson smit : What praise he claims who nobly spurns Gay vanities of life and tinsel joys , For which unpurged fancy burns .
Chorus . What pain he shuns who dares be wise ; What glory wins , who dares excel .