Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1782.07.06

IG.782.032
6 Jul 1782:41 (13)
AN ODE FOR ST. JOHN'S DAY, June 24, 1782, 
Addressed to the Brethren of Lodge No. 2. [Masonic Order.]
Recitative.
Raise high the festive strain !
Again, and yet again
This sacred day demands the votive song;
O'er yonder rolling flood, 
Thro' yonder distant wood, 
Let echo still the rapt'rous sound prolong;
Fill, fill the sparkling glass, 
To joy devote
Be every note, 
And crown'd with decent mirth each moment pass.