Beauty, No. I

Beauty, No. I. [No. 35]

Love thou the Beautiful, and there will be
A Mine of Wealth discover’d in thy Brain
Which none can rob thee of. It is quite vain
To seek the Secrets of Freemasonry,
Unless all Beauty has for thee a charm 5
Which worldly minds ne’er know. The varied forms
Of Beauty must be prized: all that deforms
The Soul must be abhorr’d; all that can harm
Ourselves or others shunn’d. True Beauty ne’er
To Wickedness belongs. A sacred thing 10
Is Beauty; no mere phantom to take wing
When needed most; though all the changing year
’Tis in thee and around thee, if thy Mind
Only has Culture the great Boon to find.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published 1887