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FREE-MASONS SONGS. 255
SONG XXXIX.
I.
LET worthy brethren all combine.
For to adorn our myftic art;
So as the craft may ever fhine,
And clear each faithful brother’s heart ;
Then brethren all in chorus fing,.
Profper the craft and blefs the king.
II.
Well levell’d, plumb’d, and fquar’d aright.
The five noble orders upright ftand,
Wifdom, and ftrength, with beauty’s height.
The wonder of the world command.
Then brethren all, isc.
III.
Ye foqls and cowans, all who plot.
For to obtain our myftery ;
Ye ftrive in vain, attempt it not.
Such creatures never fhall be free.
Then brethren all, be.
IV.
The wife, the noble, good, and great.
Can only be accepted here ;
The knave or fool, tho’ deck’d in ftatc,
Shall ne’er approach the mafter’s chair.
Then brethren all, be.
V.
Now fill your glades, charge them high,
Let our Grand-mafter’s health go round,
And let each heart o’erflow with joy j
And love and unity abound.
Then brethren all, be.