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within your compafs wifely live,
And a6l upon ihe fquare :
May peace and friendiliip e'er abound,
And great -' — , .'s health go round.
JVhh a fa. Sec.
T^S S W O R D -B E A R E rV SofJg.
TO all who mafonry defpife
This council I beftow ;
Don't ridicule, if you are wife,
A fecret you don't know.
Yourfelves you banter, but not it ;
You fhew your fpleen, but not your wit.
JVifh a fa, la, la, la, la.-
Infpiring virtue by our rules,
And in ourfelves fecure,
We have compaffion for thofe fools
Who think our ads impure :
We know from ignorance proceeds
Such mean opinion of our deeds.
With a fa, &c.
If union and fincerity
Have a pretence to pleafe.
We brothers of the mafonry
Lay juftly claim to thefe :
To ftate-difputes we ne'er give birth,
Our moito friendfhip is and mirth.
With a fa. &c.
Then let us laugh, fince we've impos'd
On thofe who make a pother,
And cry, the fecret is difclos'd
By fome falfe-hearted brother : ..
The mighty fecret's gain'd, they boafl,
From Pofl-hoy, and from Flfing-pof,
With a fa, &c. £,