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Freemasonry.
At length the earth upheaved her rounded form , The ocean sung his joys in thunders forth , The sun burst through black clouds and struggling storm , The stars smiled brightly on the budding earth—Amid glad songs an universe had birth ; The mountains shouted gladly to the hills
, The laughing rivers gurgled forth their mirth , While , softly answering , sung the little rills , The tall palms , hymning low , their solemn music woke , And proudly reared his monarch crown , the giant oak .
Nations came gladly forth , ancl breathed ancl died ; Proud dynasties arose ancl sunk again ; Still truth and wisdom , proudly , side by side , Presided o ' er tbe ever-changing plane Of mundane greatness ; while the linked chain Of human events slowly glided by , And as they passed , to nations , kings , ancl men , Would they the square of ordeal apply ; While angels , waiting , gazed in rapture on our race , And wrote the eternal record in the Holiest Place .
While yet the destinies of earth advanced , And social bonds among mankind were wrought , The SQUARE ancl COMPASS in men ' s minds enhanced The noblest efforts of the noblest thought . The truths of virtue , by those emblems taught , Sunk deep into the bosoms of the great ; Their lessons pure , with wisdom ever fraught , Did rule the destinies of man and state , The hero , poet , sage , in admiration turns , Ancl from those emblems still a loftier wisdom learns .
Grandly , at length , an Altar cloth arise ; The Hor _ r WORD , the COMPASS , and the SQUARE , Are placed upon it : upward to the skies Sweet incense doth ascend upon the air , Mingled with tones of deep and earnest prayer . Too holy is the scene for vulgar gaze , For heavenly gifts are consecrated there ; In mystic veils cloth wisdom shroud the blaze Of the pure incense rising from the mystic shrine , And whispers in soft tones , " 'tis sacred ! 'tis Divine ! "
Forth go the wisest sages day by day , And each beside that mystic Altar learns To bow before , ancl his tribute lay Upon its shrine ; thus gentl y to it turns , The spear of Washington , the lyre of Burns . The man of learned lore towards it flies , And an immortal name on earth he earns
, As he , in foncl deli ght , " Eureka " cries . Upon that sacred place , ' mid symbols deep enshrined , Lies hid a mystery—the future of mankind , » 3
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Freemasonry.
At length the earth upheaved her rounded form , The ocean sung his joys in thunders forth , The sun burst through black clouds and struggling storm , The stars smiled brightly on the budding earth—Amid glad songs an universe had birth ; The mountains shouted gladly to the hills
, The laughing rivers gurgled forth their mirth , While , softly answering , sung the little rills , The tall palms , hymning low , their solemn music woke , And proudly reared his monarch crown , the giant oak .
Nations came gladly forth , ancl breathed ancl died ; Proud dynasties arose ancl sunk again ; Still truth and wisdom , proudly , side by side , Presided o ' er tbe ever-changing plane Of mundane greatness ; while the linked chain Of human events slowly glided by , And as they passed , to nations , kings , ancl men , Would they the square of ordeal apply ; While angels , waiting , gazed in rapture on our race , And wrote the eternal record in the Holiest Place .
While yet the destinies of earth advanced , And social bonds among mankind were wrought , The SQUARE ancl COMPASS in men ' s minds enhanced The noblest efforts of the noblest thought . The truths of virtue , by those emblems taught , Sunk deep into the bosoms of the great ; Their lessons pure , with wisdom ever fraught , Did rule the destinies of man and state , The hero , poet , sage , in admiration turns , Ancl from those emblems still a loftier wisdom learns .
Grandly , at length , an Altar cloth arise ; The Hor _ r WORD , the COMPASS , and the SQUARE , Are placed upon it : upward to the skies Sweet incense doth ascend upon the air , Mingled with tones of deep and earnest prayer . Too holy is the scene for vulgar gaze , For heavenly gifts are consecrated there ; In mystic veils cloth wisdom shroud the blaze Of the pure incense rising from the mystic shrine , And whispers in soft tones , " 'tis sacred ! 'tis Divine ! "
Forth go the wisest sages day by day , And each beside that mystic Altar learns To bow before , ancl his tribute lay Upon its shrine ; thus gentl y to it turns , The spear of Washington , the lyre of Burns . The man of learned lore towards it flies , And an immortal name on earth he earns
, As he , in foncl deli ght , " Eureka " cries . Upon that sacred place , ' mid symbols deep enshrined , Lies hid a mystery—the future of mankind , » 3