Bro. President Garfield.

Bro. President Garfield. [No. 97]

Brother! Thou fell by base Assassin’s hand,—
Like that illustrious Mason long ago,
Whose cherish’d name the Craft for e’er will show
As on whose Life and Death alike was grand;
A fine example of Fidelity. 5
Thy spotless Life and thy most cruel Death
Merit alike Laurel and Cypress Wreath.
Well the true Master Mason knows to Die,
After a well-spent Life, is but to lie
Aside the mortal Casket which enshrined 10
On Earth, for a brief time, the immortal Mind,
Whose Home is the Grand Lodge Above; to try
Our pinions well for which, whilst here on Earth,
Is preparation meet for the Eternal Birth.

by George Markham Tweddell (1st published c 1887)