Ahiman rezon: or a help to a brother [T153159]

DMI number:

1532

Publication Date:

1760

ESTC number:

T153159

EEBO/ECCO link:

N/A

Shelfmark:

BL 1607/2945

Full Title:

AHIMAN REZON: | OR, A | HELP TO A BROTHER; | SHEWING | The EXCELLENCY of SECRECY, and | the first Cause of the Institution of FREE- | MASONRY; the PRINCIPLES of the CRAFT, | and the Benefits arising from a strict Observance | thereof; the Sort of Men that ought to be initi- | ated into the Mystery, and the Kind of Masons | that are fit to govern Lodges, with their proper | Behaviour in and out of the Lodge. | The ancient Manner of CONSTITUTING new | LODGES, with All the CHARGES, [i]&c[/i]. | LIKEWISE | The PRAYERS used in [i]Jewish[/i] and [i]Christian[/i] Lodges, | ALSO, The OLD and NEW REGULATIONS, | the Manner of Chusing and Installing [i]Grand- | Master[/i] and [i]Officers[/i], &c. | To which is added, | A large Collection of MASONS SONGS, | entertaining PROLOGUES and EPILOGUES, | AND | [i]SOLOMON[/i]'s TEMPLE: | AN ORATORIO. | [rule] | By Brother LAURENCE DERMOTT, Sec. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed by DILLON CHAMBERLAIN, in Smock Alley, | For the EDITOR. | M DCC LX.

Place of Publication:

Dublin

Genres:

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

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[4], [iii]-xii, [2], [1]-151, [1]

Bibliographic details:

FORMAT: Duodecimo in sixes. HALF TITLES: p.[63] 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 the Sick and Distresed | FREE - MASONS.

Other matter:

PREAFTORY: Dedication to William Earl of Blessington (2pp.); The Editot to the read (pp.[iii]-xii). END MATTER: Subscription list (pp.151-[152])

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Dedicatee:

William Stewart

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Editor:

Laurence Dermott

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

Dillon Chamberlaine

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, in Smock Alley

Content/Publication

First Line:

The man resolved and steady to his trust

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p.7

Poem Title:

[no title]

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A frightful desert still the world had been

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pp.8-10

Poem Title:

The Excellency of Masonry Described.

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First Line:

Thus mighty eastern kings and some

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p.[65]

Poem Title:

I. The Master's Song.

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First Line:

From henceforth ever sing

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p.66

Poem Title:

II. The Warden's Song.

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First Line:

Hail masonry thou craft divine

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pp.66-67

Poem Title:

III. The Fellow-Craft's Song.

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First Line:

Come let us prepare

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pp.68-69

Poem Title:

IV. The Enter'd Prentice's Song.

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On on my dear brethren pursue your great lecture

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pp.69-70

Poem Title:

V. The Deputy Grand Master's Song.

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First Line:

Let masonry be now my theme

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pp.70-71

Poem Title:

The Grand Warden's Song.

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Grant me kind heaven what I request

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pp.71-72

Poem Title:

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

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Ye brethren of the ancient craft

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pp.72-73

Poem Title:

VIII. The Secretary's Song.

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First Line:

On you who masonry despise

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pp.73-74

Poem Title:

IX. Song. To the foregoing Tune.

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By mason's art the aspiring domes

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pp.74-75

Poem Title:

X. Song.

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As I at Wheeler's lodge one night

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p.75

Poem Title:

XI. Song.

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Some folks have with curious impertinence strove

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pp.75-76

Poem Title:

XII. Song.

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First Line:

You people who laugh at masons draw near

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pp.77-78

Poem Title:

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

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We have no idle prating

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pp.78-79

Poem Title:

XIV. Song.

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First Line:

A mason's daughter fair and young

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pp.79-80

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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p.80

Poem Title:

XVI. Song.

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Hail secret art by heaven designed

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pp.81-82

Poem Title:

XVIII. Song.

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Sing to the honour of those

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pp.80-81

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

Come are you prepared

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pp.82-83

Poem Title:

XIX. Song. Tune, The Enter'd-'Prentice.

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The curious vulgar could never devise

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pp.83-84

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

We brethren free masons let's mark the great name

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pp.84-85

Poem Title:

XXI. Song. To the foregoing Tune.

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First Line:

What though they call us masons fools

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pp.85-86

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

Glorious craft which fires the mind

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

XXIII. Song.

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First Line:

Let malicious people censure

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pp.87-88

Poem Title:

XXIV. Song.

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First Line:

Come come my brethren dear

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pp.88-89

Poem Title:

XXV. Song.

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Come follow follow me

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pp.89-90

Poem Title:

XXVI. Song. Tune, The Fairy Elves.

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With plumb level and square to work let's prepare

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pp.90-92

Poem Title:

XXVII. Song.

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First Line:

King Solomon that wise projector

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pp.92-93

Poem Title:

XXVIII. Song. Tune, Jerry Fitzgerald.

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First Line:

Of all institutions to form well the mind

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pp.93-94

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

To the science that virtue and art do maintain

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pp.94-96

Poem Title:

XXX. SONG. To the foregoing Tune.

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When earth's foundation first was laid

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pp.96-97

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

Come boys let us more liquor get

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pp.97-98

Poem Title:

XXXII. Song.

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First Line:

Guardian genius of our art divine

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pp.98-99

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Song.

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First Line:

Genius of masonry descend

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pp.99-101

Poem Title:

XXXIV. An Ode on Masonry.

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First Line:

Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren awhile

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pp.101-105

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.105-106

Poem Title:

XXXVI. Song. Tune, Mutual Love.

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First Line:

With harmony and flowing wine

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p.107

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Song. Tune, Greedy Midas.

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First Line:

Ye ancient sons of Tyre

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pp.107-108

Poem Title:

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

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From the depths let us raise

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pp.109-111

Poem Title:

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

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First Line:

Tis masonry unites mankind

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pp.111-112

Poem Title:

XL. Song.

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First Line:

Once I was blind and could not see

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pp.112-114

Poem Title:

XLI. Song.

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First Line:

Attend loving brethren and to me give ear

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pp.114-115

Poem Title:

XLII. Song.

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Attend attend the strains

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pp.116-117

Poem Title:

XLIV. Song. Tune, Smile Britannia.

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See in the east the master placed

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p.116

Poem Title:

XLIII. Song.

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To masonry your voices raise

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pp.117-118

Poem Title:

XLIV. Song. Tune, Smile Britannia.

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Blessed be the day that gave to me

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pp.118-119

Poem Title:

XLVI. An Ode.

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How blessed are we from ignorance freed

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pp.119-121

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[no title]

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First Line:

Come fill up a bumper and let it go round

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p.122

Poem Title:

XLVIII. Song.

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Urania sing the art divine

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pp.122-124

Poem Title:

XLIX. Song. Tune, Rule Britannia.

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First Line:

Wake the lute and quivering strings

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p.125

Poem Title:

L. An Ode.

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First Line:

Hail masonry divine

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pp.126-127

Poem Title:

LII. Song. Tune, God save the King.

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Hail sacred art by heaven designed

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p.126

Poem Title:

LI. Song.

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First Line:

Let masons be merry each night when they meet

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pp.127-128

Poem Title:

LIII. Song.

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First Line:

If unity be good in every degree

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pp.128-129

Poem Title:

LIV. Song.

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First Line:

How happy a mason whose bosom still flows

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p.129

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.129-130

Poem Title:

LVI. Song. Tune, Rule Britannia.

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First Line:

Let worthy brethren all combine

Page No:

pp.130-131

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.131-133

Poem Title:

LVIII. Song. Tune, The First of August.

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First Line:

Whoever wants wisdom must with some delight

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p.133

Poem Title:

LIX. Song.

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First Line:

Come come ye elves that be

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pp.134-135

Poem Title:

LX. Song.

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First Line:

If to delight to humanize the mind

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p.136

Poem Title:

I. Prologue.

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First Line:

As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair

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p.137

Poem Title:

II. Prologue.

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First Line:

As some cracked chemist of projecting brain

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pp.137-139

Poem Title:

III. Prologue.

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While others sing of wars and martial feats

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pp.139-140

Poem Title:

Spoken by a Brother.

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You've seen me oft in gold and ermine dressed

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p.139

Poem Title:

IV. Prologue.

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With what malicious joy ere I knew better

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p.141

Poem Title:

I. Epilogue.

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First Line:

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

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p.142

Poem Title:

II. Epilogue.

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Where are these hydras let me vent my spleen

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pp.143-144

Poem Title:

III. Epilogue.

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Well heavens be praised the mighty secret's out

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pp.144-145

Poem Title:

IV. Epilogue.

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Convened we're met chief oracle of heaven

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pp.146-151

Poem Title:

Solomon's Temple: An Oratio.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

James Eyre Weeks