Symbols.

Symbols. [No. 60]

Nature abounds in Symbols for the Wise!
Sunset and Sunrise; Phoebus in his pride;
Luna, as she doth in her glory ride,
With all her starry train; the watchet Skies,
Fleckt with all-gorgeous Clouds; the whimpling Rill, 5
The rushing River, and the booming Sea;
Birds of all hues and songs; all seem to me
Pregnant with potent Teachings. Every Hill
And Valley, Tree, Flower, Grass, Moss, Lichen; all
The Insect Tribes that there have their brief day; 10
The very Dust we tread on; each, all may
Form Symbols to a thinking Mind, and call
On Masons here to Read them. Oh, that we
May Think and Work with God through all eternity!

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887