Chomus.

No Mortal can boast

So noble a Toaft,

As a FREE and an ACCEPTED MASON.

Thrice repeated in due Form.

To all the Fraternity round the Globe.

The following SONGS are not in the first Book, but being ufually fung, they are now printed.

I. The Deputy Gand after's SONG.

N. B. Every two laft Lines of each Verfe is the Chorus.

I.

N, on, my dear Brethren, pursue your great Lecture,
And refine on the Rules of old Architecture:

High Honour to Mafons the Craft daily brings,
To thofe Brothers of Princes and Fellows of Kings.

2.

We drove the rude Handals and Gaths off the Stage,
Reviving the Art of AUGUSTUS' fam'd Age:
And Vefpafian destroy'd the vast TEMPLE in vain,
Since fo many now rife in CAERNARVON's mild Reign.

3.

The noble five Orders compos'd with fuch Art,
Will amaze the fixt Eye, and engage the whole Heart:
Proportion's sweet Harmony gracing the Whole,
Gives our Work, like the glorious Creation, a Soul.

4.

Then Master and Brethren, preferve your great Name,
This LODGE fo majestick will purchase you
Fame;
Rever'd it fhall ftand till all Nature expire,
And it's Glories ne're fade till the World is on Fire.

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5.

See, fee, behold here, what rewards all our Toil,
Infpires our Genius, and bids Labour smile :

To our noble GRAND MASTER let a Bumper be crown'd,
To all along a Bumper, fo let it go round.

6.

Again, my lov'd Brethren, again let it pass,
Our antient firm Union cements with the Glafs;
And all the Contention 'mongst Mafons fhall be,
Who better can work, or who better agree.

Additional Stanza by Brother Gofton, at the Time when the PRINCE
was made a Mason, and while the PRINCESS was pregnant.

7.

Again let it pass to the ROYAL lov'd NAME,

Whofe glorious Admiffion has crown'd all our Fame:
May a LEWIS be born, whom the World shall admire,
Serene as his Mother, August as his Sire.

Now a LEWIS is born,

Chozus.

whom the World shall admire,

Serene as his MOTHER, Auguft as his SIRE.

To our Brother FREDERICK, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
To our Brother FRANCIS, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
To the Lewis.

II. The Grand Wardens SONG. By Brother Oates.

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I.

ET Mafonry be now my Theme,

Throughout the Globe to spread it's Fame,

And eternize each worthy Brother's Name.

Your Praise fhall to the Skies refound,

In lafting Happiness abound,

And with fweet Union All your noble Deeds Repeat

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this Line.

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Chozus.

Chozus.

Sing then, my Muje, to Mafon's Glory,
Your Names are fo rever'd in Story,
That all th' admiring World do now adore ye!

2.

Let Harmony divine infpire

Your Souls with Love and gen'rous Fire,
To copy well wife SOLOMON your SIRE.

Knowledge fublime fhall fill each Heart,
The Rules of G'ometry t'impart,
While Wisdom, Strength and Beauty crown
glorious Art.

Chorus. Sing then my Mufe, &c.

3.

All Charged.

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Let Great CAERNARVON'S Health go round,
In fwelling Cups all Cares be drown'd,

And Hearts united mongst the Craft be found.

May everlasting Scenes of Joy

His peaceful Hours of Blifs employ,

Which Time's all-conquering Hand fhall ne'er, fhall 2 Repeat

ne'er destroy.

Chorus. Sing then my Mufe, &c.

4.

My Brethren, thus all Cares refign,

Your Hearts let glow with Thoughts divine,
And Veneration fhew to SOLOMOn's Shrine.

Our annual Tribute thus we'll pay,

That late Pofterity shall say,

We've crown'd with Joy this glorious, Happy,

Happy Day.

Chorus.

Sing then my Mufe to Mafons Glory,'
Your Names are fo rever'd in Story,

That all th' admiring World do now adore ye.

this Line.

All Sing.

To all the noble LORDS that have been GRAND MASTERS.

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III. The Treasurer's SONG.

N. B. The two laft Lines of each Verse is a Ch0208.

I.

RANT me, kind Heaven, what I requeft;
I In Mafonry let me bleft;

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Direct me to that happy Place

Where Friendship fmiles in every Face;

Where Freedom and fweet Innocence

Enlarge the Mind and cheer the Senfe:

4.

No prying Eye can view us here,
No Fool or Knave disturb our Cheer;

Our well-form'd Laws fet Mankind free,

And give Relief to Mifery:

The PooR opprefs'd with Woe and Grief,
Gain from our bounteous Hands Relief.

To all Charitable MASONS.

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