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Light.
LIGHT .
CONTRIBUTED BY BRO . ' EMRA HOLMES . " How often ' Light' is the last word of those round whom the shades are gathering . " —BULWER . TUB sun ' s bright rays are dancing Through the clear morning air :
Upon yon fair child glancing , Guild his soft auburn hair . And the first gush of infantine delight Springs from the source of all , Light , glorious Light . The child is in the greemvood
, The summer sky is bright ; Ancl all around him there is food For deep aud still delight . And his heart thrills with joyous ecstacies , As the bright sunbeams flicker through the trees .
Youth Avith bright ancl fairy dreams , Eejoiceth still in light , In the calm and chastened beams Of still and silent night . So the bri ght lustre of an earthly love Receives its brightest radiance from aboi'e .
Man hath many hours of care , His path AA'ith trial is sown ; Yet still hath Mercy planted there , A softened undertone . Ancl he rejoiceth in the light of day , For that is ever young , Avhile he groAvs
grey . In the solemn hour of death When all is still around , Save the thick and fluttering breath With painful restless sound ; The shadow of the tomb obscures the
sight , And the Aveak sufferer ' s cry is , "Light , more Light . " Last Avord on dying lips . First Avondrous sight , When Heaven ' s bright portals open on our
gaze ; And floods on floods of living glorious Light , Pour from the throne of Him , Ancient of Days . Veil thine eyes mortal ; cease thy feeble
lay , Heaven ' s harps alone attune , Heaven ' s melody . E . K .
Double Acrostic.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC .
No . II . - . To the Editor O / T HE MASONIC MAGAZINE . WHAT have you discovered ? pray ,
Brother Warden , kindly say 1 1 . My bow is bent ; the arrow's head Is pointing to the human race ;
Yet none of me need be in dread—The world Avill still roll on in space . 2 . By aid of me in days of old , Were Avond'rous Avorks by sages done ;
Most ivorthless things Avere changed to gold , And fortunes ofttimes lost ancl won . 3 . - I in the head of man reside , And useful am to him no doubt . ¦ I have a brother by my side , Whom 1 should useless be Avithout .
4 . If just and upright you would be , And in your deeds be true and fair , I hope you will not stand on trie , Or you Avill act not on the square . 5 .
My good Lord Cardinal , beAvare ! You placed me once before the king ; In future all should be aAvare , A priest can do a foolish thing . 6 .
The Mason true , ne ' er this can be ; Unto his brother or his queen He prides himself on loyalty , And lives within the laAvs , serene . BICIIAED SIMMONS .
Mildmay Bond , Chelmsford , 27 th Sept ., 1877 .
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Light.
LIGHT .
CONTRIBUTED BY BRO . ' EMRA HOLMES . " How often ' Light' is the last word of those round whom the shades are gathering . " —BULWER . TUB sun ' s bright rays are dancing Through the clear morning air :
Upon yon fair child glancing , Guild his soft auburn hair . And the first gush of infantine delight Springs from the source of all , Light , glorious Light . The child is in the greemvood
, The summer sky is bright ; Ancl all around him there is food For deep aud still delight . And his heart thrills with joyous ecstacies , As the bright sunbeams flicker through the trees .
Youth Avith bright ancl fairy dreams , Eejoiceth still in light , In the calm and chastened beams Of still and silent night . So the bri ght lustre of an earthly love Receives its brightest radiance from aboi'e .
Man hath many hours of care , His path AA'ith trial is sown ; Yet still hath Mercy planted there , A softened undertone . Ancl he rejoiceth in the light of day , For that is ever young , Avhile he groAvs
grey . In the solemn hour of death When all is still around , Save the thick and fluttering breath With painful restless sound ; The shadow of the tomb obscures the
sight , And the Aveak sufferer ' s cry is , "Light , more Light . " Last Avord on dying lips . First Avondrous sight , When Heaven ' s bright portals open on our
gaze ; And floods on floods of living glorious Light , Pour from the throne of Him , Ancient of Days . Veil thine eyes mortal ; cease thy feeble
lay , Heaven ' s harps alone attune , Heaven ' s melody . E . K .
Double Acrostic.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC .
No . II . - . To the Editor O / T HE MASONIC MAGAZINE . WHAT have you discovered ? pray ,
Brother Warden , kindly say 1 1 . My bow is bent ; the arrow's head Is pointing to the human race ;
Yet none of me need be in dread—The world Avill still roll on in space . 2 . By aid of me in days of old , Were Avond'rous Avorks by sages done ;
Most ivorthless things Avere changed to gold , And fortunes ofttimes lost ancl won . 3 . - I in the head of man reside , And useful am to him no doubt . ¦ I have a brother by my side , Whom 1 should useless be Avithout .
4 . If just and upright you would be , And in your deeds be true and fair , I hope you will not stand on trie , Or you Avill act not on the square . 5 .
My good Lord Cardinal , beAvare ! You placed me once before the king ; In future all should be aAvare , A priest can do a foolish thing . 6 .
The Mason true , ne ' er this can be ; Unto his brother or his queen He prides himself on loyalty , And lives within the laAvs , serene . BICIIAED SIMMONS .
Mildmay Bond , Chelmsford , 27 th Sept ., 1877 .