Masonic Jewelry, No. I.

Masonic Jewelry, No. I. [No. 87]

Wear on thy Finger no Masonic Ring,
Nor let the Emblems of Freemasonry
Flare on thy Breastpin, if they do not bring
Thy Duties as a Mason home to thee,
And aid thee in their practice. Let them be 5
For Use as well as Ornament; or fling
Them from thee as mere gauds, which we
As Masons should despise. True Poets sing
“A good time coming,” ever brightening
The darkness of the Present with the hope 10
That, in the Future, Man will nobly cope
With all the Evils which in our days wring
The heart with anguish! and the “Mystic Tie”
Ever has help’d to bless humanity.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887