The Good Freemason.

The Good Freemason. [No. 67]

Honour’d—yea more—Beloved by Mason’ true,
Be he who, in his Daily Life, maintains
The Precepts of our Craft; who never stains
His Soul with Vice; but ever has in view
The Higher Life known only to the Few. 5
Not only in the Lodge-room is’t that he
Thinks of the Principles of Masonry:
His Mind they aye so thoroughly imbue,
Pure Thoughts, Pure Words, Pure Actions are his own
Without much effort. For all Humankind— 10
Yea, e’en the Brute Creation – his Free Mind
Has care and Love, until Himself hath grown
A part of All, and All a part of Him,
And his pure Life is one transcendent Hymn.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887