Bro. Robert Burns, No. II.

Bro. Robert Burns, No. II. [No. 96]

There are dark spots e’en on “the god of day.”
The strongest souls from weakness are not free;
And BURNS was truly great and good, though he
Had human failings. Which of us can say
That we are purer than our gifted Brother? 5
His faults may not be our faults; yet have we
Arrived at that true Manhood all may see
Shine through his Life and Hymnings? Some other
Failings may sink us lower than the great Bard
Whom meaner souls traduce. Freemasonry 10
Glows brighter through his noble Poësy,—
Hence all the Craft should be the first to guard
His ever-famous Name from the mean Lies
Of Slanderers who all wise men despise.

By George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887