Seeking for the Word.

Seeking for the Word. [No. 54]

Know’st thou what’s meant by Seeking for the Word?
’Tis emblematic of the Search for Truth,—
The Mason’s great desire. He must in youth
And manhood labour to afford
The Mind free scope for growth. All Nature must 5
Be as a Book in which he loves to read
And study well; so that he may be freed
From grovelling Superstition. To be Just,
Courageous in all Righteousness, and Wise;
Trusty, and Merciful to all; to be 10
A man of Honour and Integrity,—
Is ever the true Mason’s high emprise.
He alone Finds the Word who comprehends
His purpose here, and to all Duty humbly bends.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887