Lodge Libraries, No. III.

Lodge Libraries, No. III. [No. 94]

The Psalmist David ruled o’er Israel’s land,
And Homer had not sung the siege of Troy,
When Osymandias nobly did employ
His royal leisure in a work as grand
As any who e’er occupied the throne 5
Of Ancient Egypt, when in Memphis he
Wisely establish’d the first Library
Which we now wot of. That was the dawn
Of Mental Light for Man: and shall not we—
When twice ten thousand Tinkers have since then 10
Bequeath’d their Writings to their Fellow-men—
Treasure Wise Teachings?—we, who claim to be
Children of Light! Good Books are ever True
To all who keep their proper Use in view.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887