Ahiman rezon or a help to a brother [ESTC N29512] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1000

Publication Date:

1756

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N29512

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116598598

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BOD Query: is the Bod copy missing leaves at the end? Text seems to end mid-oratorio on p. 208. Consult other copies e.g. BL copy?

Full Title:

AHIMAN REZON: | OR, | A Help to a Brother; | Shewing the | EXCELLENCY of SECRECY, | And the first Cause, or Motive, of the Institution of | FREE-MASONRY; | THE | PRINCIPLES of the CRAFT, | And the | Benefits arising from a strict Observance thereof; | What sort of MEN ought to be initiated into the MYSTERY, | And what Sort of MASONS are fit to govern LODGES, | With their Behaviour in and out of the Lodge. | Likewise the | Prayers used in the [i]Jewish[/i] and [i]Christian[/i] Lodges, | The Ancient Manner of | Constituting new Lodges, with all the Charges, [i]&c.[/i] | Also the | OLD and NEW REGULATIONS, | The Manner of Chusing and Installing [i]Grand-Master[/i] and [i]Officers[/i], | and other useful Particulars too numerous here to mention. | To which is added, | The greatest Collection of MASON'S SONGS ever presented to | public View, with many entertaining PROLOGUES and EPILOGUES; | Together with | SOLOMON'S TEMPLE an ORATORIO, | As it was performed for the Benefit of | FREE-MASONS. | [rule] | By Brother LAURENCE DERMOTT, Sec. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for the EDITOR, and sold by Brother [i]James Bedford[/i], at the | [i]Crown[/i] in St. [i]Paul's Church-Yard[/i]. | [rule] | MDCCLXI.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose, Collection including drama, Collection of poems about subject/person, Collection of songs, and Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Title page in red and black. Separate title page p. [97]: A CHOICE | COLLECTION | OF | MASONS SONGS, | With several ingenious | PROLOGUES and EPILOGUES. | To which is added, | [i]Solomon[/i]'s Temple, | AN | ORATORIO, | As it was performed at the | PHILHARMONIC-ROOM, in [i]Fishamble-Street, | DUBLIN,[/i] | For the Benefit of sick and distressed | FREE-MASONS. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed in the Year MDCCLVI.

Comments:

Contents: Prose pp. [1]-96.

Other matter:

Dedication to the Right Honourable William Earl of Blessington signed Lau. Dermott. [3pp.]; The Editor to the Reader singed L. D. pp. [v]-xvii; subscription list [4pp.]; contents page [4pp.].

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Publication Date:

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Comments:

Title:

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Publication Date:

1782

ESTC No:

T167292

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

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Title:

Ahiman Rezon: or, a help to a brother [T184515] [ecco]

Publication Date:

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ESTC No:

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Volume:

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Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

Ahiman Rezon: or, a help to a brother [T84744]

Publication Date:

1795

ESTC No:

T84744

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

Laurence Dermott

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

James Bedford

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The man resolved and steady to his trust

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p.9

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Waste and irregular still the world had been

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pp.11-13

Poem Title:

[No title]

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O Perses foolish Perses bow thine ear

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Thus mighty eastern kings and some

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pp.99-100

Poem Title:

I. The Master's Song.

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First Line:

From henceforth ever sing

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pp.100-101

Poem Title:

II. The Warden's Song.

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Hail masonry thou craft divine

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pp.101-102

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III. The Fellow-Craft's Song.

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First Line:

Come let us prepare

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pp.103-104

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IV. The Enter'd Prentice's Song.

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First Line:

On on my dear brethren pursue your great lecture

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pp.105-106

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V. The Deputy Grand-Master's Song.

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First Line:

Let masonry be now my theme

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pp.106-107

Poem Title:

VI. Grand-Warden's Song.

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First Line:

Grant me kind heaven what I request

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pp.107-108

Poem Title:

VII. The Treasurer's Song. Tune. Near some cool Shade.

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First Line:

Ye brethren of the ancient craft

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pp.108-109

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VIII. The Secretary's Song.

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First Line:

On you who masonry despise

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pp.110-111

Poem Title:

IX. Song to the forgoing Tune.

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First Line:

As I at Wheeler's lodge one night

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pp.111-112

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XI. Song.

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By mason's art the aspiring domes

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p.111

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X. Song.

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Some folks have with curious impertinence strove

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pp.112-113

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XII. Song.

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First Line:

You people who laugh at masons draw near

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pp.113-115

Poem Title:

XIII. Song. Tune. Oh Polly you might have toy'd and kiss'd.

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First Line:

We have no idle prating

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pp.115-116

Poem Title:

XIV. Song.

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A mason's daughter fair and young

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pp.116-117

Poem Title:

XV. Song. Tune. Young Damon once the happy Swain.

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A health to our sisters let us drink

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pp.117-118

Poem Title:

XVI. Song.

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Sing to the honour of those

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pp.118-119

Poem Title:

XVII. Song. Tune. The merry ton'd Horn.

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Hail secret art by heaven designed

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pp.119-120

Poem Title:

XVIII. Song.

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First Line:

Come are you prepared

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pp.120-121

Poem Title:

XXI. Song. To the Tune of the Enter'd-'Prentice.

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The curious vulgar could never devise

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pp.121-122

Poem Title:

XX. Song. Tune. On, on my dear Brethren.

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First Line:

We brethren freemasons let's mark the great name

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pp.123-124

Poem Title:

XXI. Song. To the foregoing Tune.

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First Line:

What though they call us mason fools

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pp.124-125

Poem Title:

XXII. Song. Tune. What though they call me Country Lass.

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Glorious craft which fires the mind

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pp.125-126

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XXIII. Song.

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First Line:

Let malicious people censure

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pp.126-127

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XXIV. Song.

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First Line:

Come come my brethren dear

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pp.127-128

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XXV. Song.

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First Line:

Come follow follow me

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pp.128-130

Poem Title:

XXVI. Song. Tune. The Fairy Elves.

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First Line:

With plumb level and square to work let's prepare

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pp.130-131

Poem Title:

XXVII. Song.

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First Line:

King Solomon that wise projector

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pp.132-133

Poem Title:

XXVIII. Song. To the Tune of Jerry Fitzgerald.

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First Line:

Of all institutions to form well the mind

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pp.134-135

Poem Title:

XXIX. Song...Tune. By Jove I'll be free.

Attribution:

By Brother R - P -, Esq;

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First Line:

To the science that virtue and art do maintain

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pp.135-137

Poem Title:

XXX. Song to the foregoing Tune.

Attribution:

By Brother B--d Cl--ke.

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First Line:

When earth's foundation first was laid

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pp.137-138

Poem Title:

XXXI. Song...Tune. Rule Britannia, &c.

Attribution:

By Brother J-- C--.

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First Line:

Come boys let us more liquor get

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pp.139-140

Poem Title:

XXXII. Song.

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First Line:

Guardian genius of our art divine

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pp.140-141

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Song.

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First Line:

Genius of masonry descend

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pp.141-144

Poem Title:

XXXIV. An Ode on Masonry.

Attribution:

By Brother J. Banks.

Attributed To:

J. Banks

First Line:

Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren awhile

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pp.144-148

Poem Title:

XXXV. The Progress of Masonry.

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First Line:

As masons once on Shinar's plain

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pp.148-150

Poem Title:

XXXVI. Song...Tune. Mutual Love.

Attribution:

By Brother L- D-.

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First Line:

With harmony and flowing wine

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pp.151-152

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Song...Tune. Greedy Midas.

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By the foregoing Hand [ie. L--- D---]

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First Line:

Ye ancient sons of Tyre

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pp.152-153

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. Song...Tune. Ye Mortals that love Drinking.

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By the foregoing Hand [ie. L--- D---]

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From the depths let us raise

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pp.153-156

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Song. To the Tune of the Enter'd 'Prentice.

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Tis masonry unites mankind

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pp.157-158

Poem Title:

XL. Song.

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Once I was blind and could not see

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pp.158-160

Poem Title:

XLI. Song.

Attribution:

By Brother Alexander Kennedy, Shoolmaster. [sic]

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Alexander Kennedy

First Line:

Attend loving brethren and to me give ear

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pp.160-162

Poem Title:

XLII. Song.

Attribution:

By the foregoing Hand [ie. Brother Alexander Kennedy]

Attributed To:

Alexander Kennedy

First Line:

See in the east the master placed

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pp.162-163

Poem Title:

XLIII. Song.

Attribution:

By Brother John Jackson, S.G.W.

Attributed To:

John Jackson

First Line:

Attend attend the strains

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pp.163-164

Poem Title:

XLIV. Song...Tune. Smile Britannia.

Attribution:

By Brother John Cartwright of Salford in Lancashire.

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John Cartwright

First Line:

To masonry your voices raise

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pp.164-166

Poem Title:

XLV. Song...Tune. The Bonny Broom.

Attribution:

By the foregoing Hand [ie. John Cartwright]

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John Cartwright

First Line:

Blessed be the day that gave to me

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pp.166-167

Poem Title:

XLVI. An Ode

Attribution:

by the same Hand [ie. John Cartwright]

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John Cartwright

First Line:

How blessed are we from ignorance freed

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pp.167-170

Poem Title:

XLVII. Song.

Attribution:

By Brother Alexander Dixon.

Attributed To:

Alexander Dixon

First Line:

Come fill up a bumper and let it go round

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pp.170-171

Poem Title:

XLVIII. Song.

Attribution:

By Brother E-- P--.

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First Line:

Urania sing the art divine

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pp.171-174

Poem Title:

XLIX. Song. Tune. Rule Britannia.

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First Line:

Wake the lute and quivering strings

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pp.174-175

Poem Title:

L. An Ode

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First Line:

Hail sacred art by heaven designed

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pp.176-177

Poem Title:

LI. Song.

Attribution:

By Brother E-- P--.

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First Line:

Hail masonry divine

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pp.177-178

Poem Title:

LVII. Song. Tune. God save the King.

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First Line:

Let masons be merry each night when they meet

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pp.178-179

Poem Title:

LIII. Song.

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First Line:

If unity be good in every degree

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p.179

Poem Title:

LIV. Song.

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How happy a mason whose bosom still flows

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p.180

Poem Title:

LV. Song. Tune. The Miller of Mansfield.

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First Line:

When masonry by heaven's design

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pp.180-181

Poem Title:

LVI. Song. Tune. Rule Britannia.

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First Line:

Let worthy brethren all combine

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pp.181-182

Poem Title:

LVII. Song. Tune. Hail Masonry, &c.

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First Line:

With cordial hearts let's drink a health

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pp.183-184

Poem Title:

LIX. Song. Tune. The First of August.

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First Line:

Whoever wants wisdom must with some delight

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p.185

Poem Title:

LIX. Song.

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First Line:

Come ye elves that be

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pp.186-188

Poem Title:

LX. Song.

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First Line:

If to delight to humanize the mind

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pp.189-190

Poem Title:

A Prologue. Spoken by Mr. Griffith, at the Theatre-Royal, &c.

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As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair

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pp.190-191

Poem Title:

A Prologue

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First Line:

As some cracked chemist of projecting brain

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pp.191-192

Poem Title:

A Prologue.

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First Line:

While others sing of wars and martial feats

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pp.193-195

Poem Title:

Spoken by a Brother.

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First Line:

You've seen me oft in gold and ermine dressed

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p.193

Poem Title:

A Prologue

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First Line:

With what malicious joy ere I knew better

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pp.195-196

Poem Title:

An Epilogue, Spoken by Mrs. Thurmond a Mason's Wife.

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Well here I'm come to let you know my thoughts

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pp.196-197

Poem Title:

An Epilogue, Spoken by Mrs. Bellamy.

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First Line:

Where are these hydras let me vent my spleen

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pp.197-198

Poem Title:

Epilogue. Spoken by Mr. Horton.

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First Line:

Well heavens be praised the mighty secret's out

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pp.198-200

Poem Title:

An Epilogue.

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First Line:

Convened we're met chief oracle of heaven

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pp.201-208

Poem Title:

Solomon's Temple, An Oratorio, As it was perform'd At Philharmonic-Room in Fishamble-Street, Dublin, For the Benefit of sick and distress'd Free-Masons.

Attribution:

The Words by Mr. James Eyre Weeks. The Music composed by Mr. Richard Broadway, Organist of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Attributed To:

Richard Broadway

James Eyre Weeks