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FREE-MASONS SONGS. 221
Then, matter, and brethren, preferve your great
name;
This lodge, lb majeftic, ftiall purchafe you fafne:
Rever’d it lhall Hand till all nature expire,
And its glories ne’er fade till the world is on fire.
See, fee, behold here what rewards all our toil,
Infpires our genius, and bids labour fmile :
To our noble Grand Matter let a bumper be
crown’d.
To all maforu a bumper, — fo let it go round.
Again, my lov’d brethren, again let it pals.
Our ancient firm union cement with a glafs :
And all the contention Jmong malbns lhall be.
Who better can work, or who better agree/
SONG XIV,
BY malbns art th’ afpiring dome
In various columns lhall arife;
All cUmates are their native home.
Their godlike a&ions reach the Ikies.
Chorus.
Heroes and kings revere their name,
Whilft poets fing their lafting fame.
Great, gen’rous, virtuous, good, and brave.
Are titles they moft juttly claim ;
Their deeds lhall live beyond the grave,
Which fome unborn lhall loud proclaim.
Then, matter, and brethren, preferve your great
name;
This lodge, lb majeftic, ftiall purchafe you fafne:
Rever’d it lhall Hand till all nature expire,
And its glories ne’er fade till the world is on fire.
See, fee, behold here what rewards all our toil,
Infpires our genius, and bids labour fmile :
To our noble Grand Matter let a bumper be
crown’d.
To all maforu a bumper, — fo let it go round.
Again, my lov’d brethren, again let it pals.
Our ancient firm union cement with a glafs :
And all the contention Jmong malbns lhall be.
Who better can work, or who better agree/
SONG XIV,
BY malbns art th’ afpiring dome
In various columns lhall arife;
All cUmates are their native home.
Their godlike a&ions reach the Ikies.
Chorus.
Heroes and kings revere their name,
Whilft poets fing their lafting fame.
Great, gen’rous, virtuous, good, and brave.
Are titles they moft juttly claim ;
Their deeds lhall live beyond the grave,
Which fome unborn lhall loud proclaim.
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Freemasonry > Free-masons pocket-companion > (231) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/123600903 |
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| Description | Containing the history of masonry from the creation to the present time; the institution of the Grand Lodge of Scotland ; lists of the officers of the Grand Lodges in England and Scotland ; with a collection of charges, constitutions. Second edition. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.82.54 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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