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Page |
Verses |
| Ye sons of great science, impatient to learn (fl) |
[5]-6 |
6 |
| When the Deity's word (fl) |
6-7 |
4 |
| Let Masonry from pole to pole (fl) |
7-8 |
2 |
| Unite, unite, your voices raise (fl) |
8-9 |
5 |
| 'Ere God the universe began (fl) |
9-10 |
5 |
| Genius of Masonry descend (fl) |
11-12 |
5 |
| When first a Mason I was made (fl) |
12-13 |
4 |
| Fidelity once had a fancy to rove (fl) |
13-15 |
8 |
| Glorious Craft, which fires the mind (fl) |
15 |
4 |
| Come let us prepare (fl) |
16-17 |
7 |
| Hail Masonry! thou craft divine! (fl) |
17-19 |
6 |
| On, on my dear brethren, pursue your great lecture (fl) |
19-20 |
6 |
| By Masons' art th' expiring domes [sic] (fl) |
20 |
2 |
| God caus'd great lights to shine (fl) |
21 |
3 |
| When earth's foundations first were laid (fl) |
22-23 |
5 |
| Let Masons' fame resound (fl) |
23-24 |
5 |
| Let Masons be merry each night when they meet (fl) |
24-25 |
4 |
| Hail! sacred art! by Heav'n design'd (fl) |
25-26 |
6 |
| Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu! (fl) |
27-28 |
4 |
| As poverty once in a fit of despair (fl) |
28-29 |
3 |
| Mason's daughter fair and young, A (fl) |
30 |
4 |
| Advance each true brother: my song now attend (fl) |
31-32 |
5 |
| Thus mighty Eastern Kings, and some (fl) |
32 |
1 |
| From henceforth let us praise (fl) |
33 |
1 |
| Let Masonry be now my theme (fl) |
34-35 |
4 |
| Grant me kind heav'n what I request (fl) |
35-36 |
4 |
| Ye brethren of the ancient Craft (fl) |
36-37 |
4 |
| God bless the noble band (fl) |
38-39 |
6 |
| Once I was blind, and could not see (fl) |
39-41 |
8 |
| How happy a Mason whose bosom still glows (fl) |
42 |
2 |
| Arise, and sound thy trumpet, Fame: (fl) |
42-43 |
4 |
| When the sun from the east first salutes mortal eyes (fl) |
44-45 |
6 |
| When a Lodge of Freemasons are cloth'd in their aprons (fl) |
45-47 |
10 |
| It is my duty to obey (fl) |
47-49 |
5 |
| King Solomon, that wise projector (fl) |
49-51 |
6 |
| Behold! a cloud breaks, and Urania descends (fl) |
51-52 |
6 |
| To the craft I will cling, from the 'prentice I sing (fl) |
53-54 |
10 |
| From Macedonia's confines haste (fl) |
55-56 |
4 |
| Father Adam, created, beheld the light shine (fl) |
56-58 |
13 |
| Great Jupiter took it one day in his head (fl) |
58-59 |
8 |
| I sing of Masons' glory (fl) |
60-61 |
3 |
| In times of old date, when (as stories relate) (fl) |
61-62 |
5 |
| Not the fictions of Greece, or the dreams of old Rome (fl) |
63-64 |
4 |
| On Avon's sweet banks where the silver streams glide (fl) |
64-66 |
5 |
| As long as fair Freedom her form shall uprear (fl) |
66-67 |
4 |
| Arise, gentle muse, who with wisdom inspires (fl) |
67-68 |
3 |
| Attend the song of fame (fl) |
68-69 |
4 |
| To Masonry your voices raise (fl) |
69-70 |
4 |
| How bless'd are we from ignorance freed (fl) |
71-73 |
12 |
| If unity be good in every degree (fl) |
74 |
3 |
| Let masons ever live in love (fl) |
74-75 |
3 |
| On you who Masonry despise (fl) |
75-76 |
4 |
| Of all institutions to form the mind (fl) |
76-77 |
4 |
| Some men have with curious impertinence strove (fl) |
78-79 |
7 |
| Sing to the honour of those (fl) |
79-80 |
2 |
| See! in the East, the master placed (fl) |
80 |
3 |
| Curious vulgar could never devise, The (fl) |
81-82 |
7 |
| To the science, that the arts and the virtues maintain (fl) |
82-84 |
8 |
| 'Tis masonry unites mankind (fl) |
84-85 |
6 |
| Ye ancient sons of Tyre (fl) |
86-87 |
4 |
| Ye thrice happy few (fl) |
87-89 |
8 |
| With plumb line and square, to work let's prepare (fl) |
89-91 |
6 |
| In harmony and flowing wine (fl) |
91-92 |
5 |
| When Sol, ascending in the East (fl) |
92-93 |
6 |
| Whoever wants wisdom, must, with greedy delight (fl) |
93-94 |
4 |
| All those who wish to see the light (fl) |
94-95 |
5 |
| All hail! to the morning that bids us rejoice (fl) |
96-97 |
4 |
| Come, ye masons, hither bring (fl) |
98-99 |
5 |
| When Masonry expiring lay (fl) |
99-101 |
5 |
| When Sol with grave motion, had plung'd in the ocean (fl) |
101-104 |
18 |
| To the Knight Templar's awful dome (fl) |
104-106 |
4 |
| When orient Wisdom beam'd serene (fl) |
106-107 |
5 |
| Come Brethren, let us cheerful sing (fl) |
107-109 |
5 |
| Dear brethren of fraternal mind (fl) |
109-112 |
8 |
| Conven'd we're met, my jovial souls (fl) |
112-114 |
7 |
| Assembled and tyl'd. let us social agree (fl) |
114 |
5 |
| Come, are you prepar'd (fl) |
115 |
4 |
| Come follow, follow me (fl) |
116-117 |
6 |
| Columbia's sons attend a while (fl) |
117-118 |
4 |
| Mason's life's the life for me, A (fl) |
119-120 |
3 |
| When quite a young spark (fl) |
121-122 |
7 |
| Thus happily met, united and free (fl) |
122-123 |
3 |
| Come fill up a bumper, and let it go round (fl) |
123-124 |
4 |
| Hail! Masonry divine (fl) |
124-125 |
3 |
| Let each brother sincere (fl) |
125-127 |
10 |
| In the dress of Freemasons, fit garments for Jove (fl) |
127-128 |
5 |
| Let drunkards boast the powers of wine (fl) |
129-130 |
7 |
| Behold in the lodge we dear Brethren are met (fl) |
131-132 |
6 |
| Let worthy brethren all combine (fl) |
132-133 |
5 |
| Grave bus'ness being clos'd---and a call from the South (fl) |
133-134 |
6 |
| Alone from arts and science flow (fl) |
134-135 |
5 |
| In Heavenly synod once arose (fl) |
135-136 |
7 |
| O what a happy thing it is (fl) |
137 |
3 |
| Divine Urania! virgin power! (fl) |
138 |
4 |
| No sect in the world can with Masons compare (fl) |
139-140 |
5 |
| Tho' my voice can't enchant like the syrens of old (fl) |
140-141 |
3 |
| Lightly o'er the village green (fl) |
141-142 |
3 |
| Great Architect, supreme, divine (fl) |
143 |
|
| Hail sons of light and Masonry (fl) |
144 |
4 |
| Master supreme, accept our praise (fl) |
145 |
4 |
| Unto Thee, great God, belong (fl) |
145-146 |
4 |
| When wand'ring, comfortless, and low (fl) |
147 |
2 |
| Bless'd be the day that gave to me (fl) |
148 |
2 |
| Wake the lute and quivering strings (fl) |
149-150 |
4 |
| Hail to the craft! at whose serene command (fl) |
150-151 |
3 |
| What solemn sounds on holy Sinai rung (fl) |
151-152 |
2 |
| Ye spirits pure, that roused the tuneful throng (fl) |
152-153 |
2 |
| Daughter of heaven. fair Virtue, if to thee (fl) |
153-154 |
2 |
| To Heaven's high Architect all praise (fl) |
154 |
1 |
| It is like the dew of Hermon (fl) |
155 |
2 |
| Oh! Masonry, our hearts inspire (fl) |
155-156 |
4 |
| Order is Heaven's first law; through boundless space (fl) |
156-157 |
3 |
| Sound the full harmonious song (fl) |
158-160 |
6 |
| Thou fairest type of Excellence divine (fl) |
161 |
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| Strike to melodious notes the golden lyre (fl) |
161-163 |
4 |
| On wings of harmony up-borne (fl) |
163-164 |
6 |