Bro. H.R.H. Prince Leopold.

Bro. H.R.H. Prince Leopold. [No. 99]

Mourn for our Brother, Leopold, for he
Was a true Man and Mason; a true Prince
In Intellect and Morals: never since
His gifted Father, could we ever see
A Prince more truly worthy of the name. 5
For he had love for all that raises Man
To Manhood; all that elevates, and can
Refine out Nature: and the trump of Fame
Will loudly o’er the World his Worth proclaim,
Though he, for us, hath all too early Died; 10
For he in nought to meanness was allied,
But loved his Fellow Men; so that his Name
Was ever link’d with all that’s Pure and Good—
A Prince in Thought and Act, not merely one in Blood.

By George Markham Tweddell (1st published c 1887)