Ahiman Rezon: or, a help to a brother [T85408]

DMI number:

1014

Publication Date:

1782

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T85408

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW121037440

Shelfmark:

BL 4784.a.20

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 initiated 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 choosing and Installing GRAND-| MASTER and OFFICERS, [i]&c.[/i] | 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] | The Fifth EDITION, with ADDITIONS. | [rule] | BELFAST: | PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR, BY JAMES MAGEE, | AT THE BIBLE AND CROWN, IN BRIDGE-| STREET. M,DCC,LXXXII.

Place of Publication:

Belfast

Genres:

Collection of poems about subject/person

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[4], [v]-xxiii, [3], [1]-192

Bibliographic details:

Half-title: AHIMAN REZON: | OR, A | HELP TO A BROTHER. | A NEW EDITION. | ADDRESSED TO THE | BELFAST [i]Orange Lodge[/i], No. 257, | BY A BROTHER. | To this EDITION are added, | A PROLOGUE, | AND SEVERAL | [i]MASONS[/i] SONGS, [i]&c.[/i] | NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. | TOGETHER WITH | A LIST of the MEMBERS of | LODGE No. 257, | ALSO, | A LIST of the LODGES | IN [i]BELFAST[/i]. Separate title-page p. [71]: 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.

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. [1]-70, 163, 181.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedicated 'to the Right Honourable William, Earl of Blessington' signed Lau. Dermott pp. [v]-vi; Address to the members of 'the Orange Lodge of Belfast, No. 257' signed 'the editor' pp. [vii]-viii; address from 'the editor to the reader' signed Lau. Dermott pp. [ix]-xviii; toasts given in the Orange Lodge of Belfast, No 257 [1p]; list of 'the regular lodges, at present, in Belfast' [1p]; Contents pp. xxi-xxiii; Lists of lodge members [2pp].

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N29511

Volume:

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Publication Date:

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Ahiman Rezon: or, a help to a brother [T167292 ] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1782

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T167292

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

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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

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Related People

Editor:

Laurence Dermott

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

James Magee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The man resolved and steady to his trust

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p.7

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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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O Perses foolish Perses bow thine ear

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pp.35-36

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Thus mighty eastern kings and some

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p.73

Poem Title:

I. The Master's Song.

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From henceforth ever sing

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p.74

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II. The Warden's Song.

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Hail masonry thou craft divine

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pp.74-75

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III. The Fellow-Craft's Song.

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Come let us prepare

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pp.76-77

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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.77-78

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V. The Deputy Grand-Master's Song.

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Let masonry be now my theme

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pp.78-79

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VI. The Grand-Warden's Song.

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Grant me kind heaven what I request

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pp.79-80

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VII. The Treasurer's Song. Tune, near some cool Shade.

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Ye brethren of the ancient craft

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pp.80-81

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VIII. The Secretary's Song.

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On you who masonry despise

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pp.81-82

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IX. Song. To the foregoing Tune.

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By mason's art the aspiring domes

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pp.82-83

Poem Title:

X. Song.

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As I at Wheeler's lodge one night

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p.83

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XI. Song.

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Some folks have with curious impertinence strove

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pp.83-84

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XII. Song.

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You people who laugh at masons draw near

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pp.85-86

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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.86-87

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XIV. Song.

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A mason's daughter fair and young

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pp.87-88

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.88

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XVI. Song.

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Sing to the honour of those

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pp.88-89

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

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Hail secret art by heaven designed

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pp.89-90

Poem Title:

XVIII. Song.

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Come are you prepared

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pp.90-91

Poem Title:

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

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The curious vulgar could never devise

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pp.91-92

Poem Title:

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

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We brethren free masons let's mark the great name

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pp.92-93

Poem Title:

XXI. Song. To the foregoing Tune.

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What though they call us masons fools

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pp.93-94

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

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Glorious craft which fires the mind

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p.95

Poem Title:

XXIII. Song.

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Let malicious people censure

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pp.95-96

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XXIV. Song.

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Come come my brethren dear

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pp.96-97

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XXV. Song.

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Come follow follow me

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pp.97-98

Poem Title:

XXVI. Song. Tune, Fairy Elves.

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With plumb level and square to work let's prepare

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pp.98-100

Poem Title:

XXVII. Song.

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King Solomon that wise projector

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pp.100-101

Poem Title:

XXVIII. Song. Tune, Jerry Fitzgerald.

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Of all institutions to form well the mind

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pp.101-102

Poem Title:

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

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To the science that virtue and art do maintain

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pp.102-104

Poem Title:

XXX. Songs. To the foregoing Tune.

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When earth's foundation first was laid

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pp.104-105

Poem Title:

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

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Come boys let us more liquor get

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pp.105-106

Poem Title:

XXII. Song.

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Guardian genius of our art divine

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pp.106-107

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Song.

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Genius of masonry descend

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pp.107-109

Poem Title:

XXXIV. An Ode on Masonry.

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Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren awhile

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pp.109-113

Poem Title:

XXXV. The Progress of Masonry.

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As masons once on Shinar's plain

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pp.113-114

Poem Title:

XXXVI. Song. Tune, Mutual Love.

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With harmony and flowing wine

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p.115

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Song. Tune, Greedy Midas.

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Ye ancient sons of Tyre

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pp.115-116

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.117-119

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Song. Tune, The Enter'd 'Prentice.

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Tis masonry unites mankind

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pp.119-120

Poem Title:

XL. Song.

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Once I was blind and could not see

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pp.120-122

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XLI. Song.

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Attend loving brethren and to me give ear

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pp.122-123

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XLII. Song.

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Attend attend the strains

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pp.124-125

Poem Title:

XLIV. Song. Tune, Rule, Britannia.

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See in the east the master placed

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p.124

Poem Title:

XLIII. Song.

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To masonry your voices raise

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pp.125-126

Poem Title:

XLV. Song. Tune, Bonny Broom.

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Blessed be the day that gave to me

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pp.126-127

Poem Title:

XLVI. An Ode.

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How blessed are we from ignorance freed

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pp.127-129

Poem Title:

XLVII. Song.

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Come fill up a bumper and let it go round

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p.130

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XLVIII. Song.

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Urania sing the art divine

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pp.130-132

Poem Title:

XLIX. Song. Tune, Rule, Britannia.

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Wake the lute and quivering strings

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p.133

Poem Title:

L. An Ode.

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Hail masonry divine

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pp.134-135

Poem Title:

LII. Song. Tune, God save the King.

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Hail sacred art by heaven designed

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p.134

Poem Title:

LI. Song.

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Let masons be merry each night when they meet

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pp.135-136

Poem Title:

LIII. Song.

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If unity be good in every degree

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pp.136-137

Poem Title:

LIV. Song.

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How happy a mason whose bosom still flows

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p.137

Poem Title:

LV. Song. Tune, The Miller of Mansfield.

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When masonry by heaven's design

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pp.137-138

Poem Title:

LVI. Song. Tune, Rule, Britannia.

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Let worthy brethren all combine

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pp.138-139

Poem Title:

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

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With cordial hearts let's drink a health

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pp.139-141

Poem Title:

LVIII. Song. Tune, The First of August.

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Whoever wants wisdom must with some delight

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p.141

Poem Title:

LIX. Song.

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Come come ye elves that be

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pp.142-143

Poem Title:

LX. Song.

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Excuse my weak untutored muse who thus presumes to climb

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p.144

Poem Title:

LXI. Song.

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Arise and sound thy trumpet fame

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p.145

Poem Title:

LXII. Song. Tune, Attic Fire.

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When the sun from the east first salutes mortal eyes

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pp.146-147

Poem Title:

LXIII. Song. The Hod-Carrier's. Tune, Ballance a Straw.

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Once I was blind and could not see

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pp.147-149

Poem Title:

LXIV. Song.

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God bless the royal band

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pp.149-150

Poem Title:

Knights Templars. LXV. Song. Tune, God save Great George.

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When a lodge of free masons are clothed in their aprons

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pp.150-152

Poem Title:

LXIV. Song.

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Let masonry from pole to pole

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p.152

Poem Title:

LXV. Song. Tune, In Infancy, &c.

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Unite unite your voices raise

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p.153

Poem Title:

LXVI. Song. Tune, He comes, &c.

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Adam the first of all human kind

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pp.154-161

Poem Title:

LXIII. Song. The History of Masonry.

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By Dr. Anderon [sic]

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James Anderson

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Grant us kind heaven what we request

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p.162

Poem Title:

Anthem.

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If to delight to humanize the mind

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p.164

Poem Title:

I. Prologue.

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As a wild rake that courts a virgin fair

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p.165

Poem Title:

II. Prologue.

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As some cracked chemist of projecting brain

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pp.165-167

Poem Title:

III. Prologue.

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While others sing of wars and martial feats

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pp.167-168

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.167

Poem Title:

IV. Prologue.

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With what malicious joy ere I knew better

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p.169

Poem Title:

I. Epilogue.

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

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p.170

Poem Title:

II. Epilogue.

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Where are these hydras let me vent my spleen

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pp.171-172

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III. Epilogue.

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Well heavens be praised the mighty secret's out

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pp.172-173

Poem Title:

IV. Epilogue.

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How happy once on heaven's primeval plan

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pp.173-174

Poem Title:

V. Epilogue. Address'd to the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick.

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By Mr. Brooke.

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Convened we're met chief oracle of heaven

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pp.176-180

Poem Title:

Solomon's Temple

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The Words by Mr. James Eyre Weeks.

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James Eyre Weeks

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See here are men who're bound by ties to tread

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pp.182-183

Poem Title:

A Prologue spoken before a Play which had been commanded by an Encampment of Knights Templars.

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Written by a Brother.

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Hence sorrow avaunt you have no business here

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pp.184-185

Poem Title:

I. Song. A new Song for St John's Day.

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There is a lodge in Skibbereen

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pp.185-186

Poem Title:

II. Song. Composed for the Carberry Lodge, Numb. 504. Air - Nancy Dawson.

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How Bennett was made a pedlar to trade

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pp.186-188

Poem Title:

III. Song. Tune - Come let us prepare, &c.

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In the social amusements of life let us live

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pp.188-189

Poem Title:

IV. Song. The Free-Mason's Wish.

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Composed and set to Music, by a Brother, for the Orange Lodge of Belfast. - No. 257.

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Ye sons of fair science impatient to learn

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pp.189-190

Poem Title:

V. Song. The Portrait of a Mason. Tune, - The Mulberry tree.

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God caused great lights to shine

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pp.190-191

Poem Title:

Royal Arch Song.

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Lesbia despairing of success

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p.190

Poem Title:

VI. Song. On a Lady's declaring that a Lodge of Free-Masons in grand Procession, appeared like a Parcel of Mummers on a St. Stephen's Day. - N. B. The Lady was rather ugly and ancient.

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Hail immortal glorious science

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p.191

Poem Title:

VIII. Song. The Excellence of Free-Masonry. Adapted to the Music of the favourite Glee of Viva Tuti. For the Orange Lodge of Belfast (No. 257.)

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With friendly aid let us unite

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p.191

Poem Title:

A Free-Mason Anthem. Metre - The 100 Psalm.

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