SONG XIII. [Tune, In Infancy, &c] LET Masonry from pole to pole Her sacred laws expand, That Virtue has not left mankind, For stamp'd upon the Mason's mind Ascending to her native sky,.. A glorious pillar rais'd on high, Peace adds to olive boughs, entwin'd, As stamp'd upon the Mason's mind SONG XIV. [Tune, In Infancy, &c] HAIL, Masonry! thou sacred art, Of origin divine! Kind partner of each social heart, And fav'rite of the Nine! By thee we're taught our acts to square, And each infirmity to bear That's incident to man, Cho. By thee, &c. Though Envy's tongue should blast thy fame, And ignorance may sneer, Yet still thy ancient houour'd name Is to each brother dear: Then strike the blow, to charge prepare, In this we all agree, 'May freedom be each Mason's care, And every Mason free.' Cho. Then strike the blow, &c. SONG XV. [Tune. Rule, Britannia.] WHEN heaven design'd that man should know This was the happy choice decree, Hence Peace and Friendship deign to smile; Are spent the hours of Masonry. To Beauty's shrine they homage pay, Of modern learning, ancient lore, When taste and genius both combine Whate'er in sculptur'd skill we prize; An edifice we're proud to own, 'Tis founded on a brother's love; By Nature rear'd, improv'd by art, The last two Lines of each Verse are Chorus. SONG XVI. [Tune, Mulberry Tree.] YE sous of fair Science, impatient to learn, What's meant by a Mason you here may discern ; Bend to thee, Matchless was he who founded thee, He walks on the level of honour and truth, The temple of knowledge he nobly doth raise, With fortitude bless'd, he's a stranger to fears, Inspir'd by his feelings, he bounty imparts, Thus a Mason I've drawn, and expos'd to your view; SONG XVII. [Tune, God save the King.] HAIL, Masonry divine! Long may'st thou reign! Thou Art divine! LET drunkards boast the power of wine, To dens and thickets, dark and rude, With sticks and straws the feather'd brood Suspend their nests in air: And man untaught as wild as these Binds up sad huts with boughs of trees, But science dawning in his mind, Improv'd all nature's stores: Thus walls were built, and houses rear'd- When stately palaces arise, When columns grace the hall, When towers and spires salute the skies, Nor buildings only do they give, But teach men how within to live, And yield to reason's call." Lodg'd in each true Freemason's breast, By these, while Masons square their minds, None act more upright parts. When Bucks and Albions are forgot," Mushrooms, each day, spring up and rot, Our leathern aprons we compare SONG XIX. THE ENTERED APPRENTICE'S SONG. COME, let us prepare, we brothers that are To drink, laugh, and sing; for our wine has a spring: The world is in pain our secrets to gain, And still let them wonder and gaze on: 1 Till they're shown the Light, they'll ne'er know the right Word or sign of an accepted Mason. "Tis this, and 'tis that, they cannot tell what, Nor why the great men of the nation Should aprons put on, and make themselves one With a free and an accepted Mason. N Great kings, dukes, and lords, have laid by their swords, Our myst'ry to put a good grace on; And thought themselves fam'd to hear themselves nam'd Antiquity's pride we have on our side, ubio, |